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Sameer Sami

Founder & Principal Attorney | Lahore, Pakistan

Advocate High Court · Licensed by the Punjab Bar Council

WIPO-Trained IP Trainer · WIPO–IPO-Pakistan Training of Trainers Program (120 hours)

Sameer Sami is an intellectual property attorney with close to two decades of experience protecting brands, inventions and designs for multinational companies, foreign law firms and regional businesses. He focuses on practical enforcement strategy before IPO-Pakistan, the IP Tribunals and Customs, and for coordinating cross-border portfolios across South Asia and the Middle East.

Biography

Sameer Sami is the Founder and Principal Attorney of SAMI & SAMI (Attorneys-at-Law) and an Advocate of the High Court with close to two decades of experience advising multinational companies, foreign law firms and regional businesses on intellectual property protection, enforcement and commercialisation across Pakistan, South Asia and the Middle East.

He represents clients before IPO-Pakistan, the IP Tribunals, Customs and the civil courts in oppositions, revocation and invalidation actions, infringement and anti-counterfeiting proceedings. He holds an LL.M. in International Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary, University of London, and is a WIPO-Trained IP Trainer committed to training aspiring lawyers, young professionals and students, and to working with academia on IP education.

Before founding SAMI & SAMI (Attorneys-at-Law) in 2025, Sameer began his career in 2007 with a leading Pakistani IP law firm, worked from 2016 as a remote IP Associate with a California-based IP firm, and from 2019 to 2024 led the Pakistan office of a Middle East-based IP firm in Karachi as CEO and Office Manager.

He completed the 120-hour WIPO Training of Trainers Program run by WIPO with IPO-Pakistan (2023–24) and is a WIPO-Trained IP Trainer. He has served two terms on INTA's Academic Committee and one on its Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, and regularly trains aspiring lawyers, young professionals and students on the importance of intellectual property.

Areas of Focus

Trademark clearance, filing, prosecution and renewal
Madrid designations and multi-jurisdictional portfolios
Oppositions, revocation and invalidation actions, and appeals
Enforcement, infringement and anti-counterfeiting (IP Tribunals, Customs)
Patents, industrial designs and copyright
Domain names
IP licensing, commercialisation and strategic advisory

Professional Experience

Jul 2025 – PresentFounder & Principal AttorneySAMI & SAMI (Attorneys-at-Law) · Lahore, Pakistan

Founded and leads a boutique IP law firm advising multinational companies, foreign associates and regional businesses on IP protection, enforcement and commercialisation.
Practice covers trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyright, domain names, portfolio management, licensing and strategic IP advice.
Represents clients before IPO-Pakistan, the IP Tribunals, Customs and the civil courts in infringement, opposition, revocation, invalidation and anti-counterfeiting proceedings.
Manages cross-border IP enforcement across South Asia and the Middle East through a regional network of associates.

Nov 2019 – May 2024CEO / Office ManagerPakistan office of a Middle East-based IP firm · Karachi, Pakistan

Directed the operations of the firm's Pakistan office covering trademarks, patents, designs, copyright and domain names for an international client base.
Delivered legal opinions, prosecution strategies, enforcement actions, oppositions and negotiations.
Built and led a team of attorneys and paralegals, with structured IP training and development.
Primary liaison between the Pakistan office and the firm's international network across the Arab world.

Aug 2016 – Oct 2019IP Associate (remote)A California-based IP firm · California, USA

Business development and networking across the Middle East, the Far East and South-East Asia.
Coordinated with foreign counsel on trademark registration and enforcement in multiple jurisdictions.
Represented clients in protecting IP assets in Pakistan and the wider region.

Dec 2007 – Jul 2016Senior Trademark Formalities AssistantA leading Pakistani IP law firm · Lahore, Pakistan

Managed end-to-end trademark work, including pre- and post-filing advice, risk analysis and strategic recommendations.
Prepared motions and appeals against trademark refusals across a high-volume docket.

Educational Background

Master of Laws (LL.M.), International Intellectual Property LawQueen Mary, University of London

Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property LawQueen Mary, University of London

Postgraduate Certificate in International Intellectual Property LawQueen Mary, University of London

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)University of the Punjab, Lahore

Admissions

Advocate, High Court of PakistanLicensed by the Punjab Bar Council

Memberships

Lahore Bar Association

Lahore High Court Bar Association

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)

Recognition & Speaking

2026INTA Annual Meeting, London

2024–25Member, INTA Academic Committee (second term)

2022–23Member, INTA Academic Committee (first term)

2022Speaker, "Trademark Enforcement Over the Internet: Options & Challenges", IP Section of the California Lawyers Association

2020–21Member, INTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee

2017INTA Annual Meeting, Barcelona

2016Guest speaker on IP procedures, Law Office of Dr. Faleh Al-Sahamah, Riyadh

Thought Leadership

Article series · webinar in preparationInnovation Incubators in PakistanA sector-by-sector and legal roadmap from textiles to 5G: a 12-part article series published on LinkedIn and this website, and a 33-slide briefing prepared for a forthcoming webinar.

Briefing · webinar in preparationTelecom Without a CompassWhy Pakistan's 5G and mobile-manufacturing push needs an IP strategy: software patentability, standard-essential patents, FRAND licensing and the PTA–CCP jurisdiction question.

OngoingArticles and insightsRegular articles on Pakistani and global IP developments, published on LinkedIn and the firm's website.

Professional Development

2025WIPO–Korea Online Summer School on Intellectual Property (28 Jul – 8 Aug 2025)

2023–24WIPO Training of Trainers Program (120 hours), WIPO and IPO-Pakistan

2019Arbitration and Mediation under the WIPO Rules, WIPO Academy

2019Privacy Law and Data Protection, University of Pennsylvania (Coursera)

2018IP Asset Management and DL-450 IP Management, KIPO / WIPO / KAIST / KIPA, Seoul

2017Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, WIPO Academy

Languages

English (professional) · Urdu and Punjabi (native)

Talk to Sameer about your matter

Trademarks, patents, designs, enforcement and IP transactions in Pakistan and the region.

Talk to us info@saminsami.com