Expertise

• Intellectual Property and Competition Law, with particular focus on:
  • registration and protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Ethiopia
  • trademark, patent, copyright and industrial design
  • litigation
• Ethiopian civil and criminal law
• International law

• Languages: English and Amharic

Background

• Joined the firm in 2024
• Member of the Africa Team
• Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office, Owner, Consultant and Attorney at Law
• Teshome Gabre-Mariam Bokan Law Office, Intellectual Property Lawyer – Consultant and Attorney at Law, 2013 – 2016
• Addis Ababa University, School of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Lecturer, 2013 – 2014
• Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Trademark Officer, 2011 – 2013

Qualifications

• LLM: Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (Germany)
• Bachelor’s degree in laws, Mekelle University (Addis Ababa)