Casablanca, Maroc
Professional qualifications
- Patent & Trademark Attorney before the Industrial Property Office (OMPIC)
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Attorney admitted to the Paris Bar
Degrees
Daoud Salmouni-Zerhouni is a Patent & Trademark Attorney and a partner in the firm.
He is a graduate of the law faculty of the University of Strasbourg, the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies – CEIPI, the law faculty of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and the University of Washington. He also attended the French Supreme Court Attorneys Research Institute (Institut de Formation et de Recherche des Avocats aux Conseils).
After several internships at the French Industrial Property Office (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle, INPI), the European Patent Office (EPO, Germany) and several firms specialising in this field in France and the United States (Plasseraud, Addax Avocats, Gilbey Legal, K&L Gates, White & Case), Daoud was sworn in as a member of the Paris Bar in 2009 before joining the Paris law firm Gilbey Legal and then Hémery - Thomas-Raquin, a Supreme Court Attorneys firm.
He was secretary of the Conférence du Stage des Avocats au Conseil d'Etat et à la Cour de cassation (oratory contest, 2011).
In 2019, he returned to Morocco to work with Mehdi Salmouni-Zerhouni as a consultant and then as a Patent & Trademark Attorney and partner.
Daoud is regularly invited to give lectures and seminars on intellectual property and franchising law (University of Strasbourg, Center for International Intellectual Property Studies - CEIPI, Moroccan National Institute of Post and Telecommunications - INPT, International University of Rabat, International Chamber of Commerce - ICC Morocco, HubAfrica, Attijariwafa Bank Foundation, The Attorney club in Morocco - Le Club des Avocats au Maroc, Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Morocco - CCSM).
He is also frequently called upon by the media and publications specialising in intellectual property issues (Revue Francophone de la Propriété Intellectuelle - RFPI, R2PI - le podcast de la propriété intellectuelle, L'Opinion, Le Matin, Challenge, Maroc Hebdo, L'Economiste, Finances News Hebdo, TelQuel, Jeune Afrique, Medi 1 TV, Luxe Radio, Atlantic Radio).
Associations
Daoud is a member of the following associations:
- International Trademark Association (INTA), and sits on the Trademark Office Practices Committee
- Alumni Association of CEIPI (AACEIPI) of which he is a member of the Executive Committee
- Association of Trade Mark and Design Law Practitioners (APRAM)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- Pharmaceutical Trademark Group (PTMG)
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA).
Daoud Salmouni-Zerhouni will be attending the 2025 Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA).
At its General Assembly in January 2025, the AACEIPI elected its new Executive Committee, of which Daoud Salmouni-Zerhouni will be a member for the first time.
Daoud Salmouni-Zerhouni has been appointed to the Trademark Office Practices Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for the 2024 - 2026 term.
