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A Year-End Insight into Energy & Climate Law
This special edition of Law Update, marking Al Tamimi & Company’s 35th anniversary, explores the evolving legal landscape of energy and climate law across the region.
As the Middle East prioritises sustainable growth, this edition examines key developments shaping the future of the sector. From the UAE’s Federal Law No. 11 of 2024 to advancements in green hydrogen, solar financing, and carbon capture technology, we spotlight the innovative strides and challenges defining this critical area.
We also go into Saudi Arabia’s initiatives to integrate carbon capture into its industrial expansion and Egypt’s AFRICARBONEX platform, which underscores the region’s commitment to a sustainable and inclusive future.
Join us as we celebrate 35 years of legal excellence and forward-thinking insights, paving the way for a more sustainable tomorrow.
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Jincy Rachel Thomas
Associate
Biography
Jincy is an Associate in the Innovation, Patents & Industrial Property (3IP) practice, based in Dubai.
Jincy, a qualified Indian Patent Agent, is also a post-graduate Electronics and Communications Engineer, having over 7 years of experience in the field of innovation, R&D and industrial property, managing IP assets for clients, enabling them to create smarter patent portfolios.
Jincy deals primarily with drafting Patent applications (PCT, Non-Provisional / Regular and Provisional patent applications), Utility models and preparing Industrial Design applications as well as in Prosecution of patent applications. She also handles patent prosecution for engineering and technical inventions worldwide, and has expertise in Infringement analysis, Invalidation searches, advising on patentability and freedom-to-operate searches.
Jincy is a member of the firm’s Metaverse working group and has authored a number of articles to Al Tamimi’s Law Update, being experienced in multiple sectors including TMT, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Agriculture, Transportation, Financial Services, and Healthcare.
Recent Experience
- Conducting patentability searches, drafting patent applications, filing and prosecuting inventions for a national oil & gas company
- Filing and prosecuting major inventions related to cooling apparatuses for electronic devices, circuit breaker devices, electrical switching devices, converter circuits and power distribution systems in the GCC countries for a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation
- Drafting Patent applications (PCT and Non-Provisional patent applications) for an international sustainable agriculture-based company
- Conducting Patentability searches, providing Patentability opinions, Drafting and filing Patent applications and conducting Patent Prosecution for top tier Universities (which include Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates University, University of Sharjah, Zayed University and Al Ghurair University), as well as for local, regional and foreign clients
- Drafting Utility Model applications for a regional start-up company
- Assisting innovators in the clean energy sector in the 3IP protection and IP licensing of their innovations in the GCC, including wind turbine systems, solar systems, clean water desalination systems, and others
- Assisting Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) in assessing patentability of inventions pertaining to electrical systems including photovoltaic modules / panels, carbon nanotubes and solar energy systems
- Assisting Hyperloop Technologies Inc. in the protection of their transport and energy related innovations in the GCC
- Advising a governmental innovation incubator about various legal aspects related to innovation projects
Key Publications
- Intellectual Property Protection of IT Innovations (Law Update – October 2021) Ahmad Saleh, Jincy Thomas
- Patents: Inventorship vs Ownership (Law Update – March 2020) Ahmad Saleh, Jincy Thomas
- IP Protection of Software Innovations (Law Update – March 2020) Ahmad Saleh, Jincy Thomas
- Design of a circular patch antenna with admittance measurement for wireless communication, IEEE Xplore, 2014
- Design of Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Endoscopic Capsules, International Journal of Research in Information Technology (IJRIT), 2014
- Improvement of Microstrip patch antenna parameters for wireless communication, IEEE Xplore, 2014
Language(s)
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
Education
2012 – Mahatma Gandhi University, Engineering – Bachelor of Technology (Electronics and Communication) – B.Tech
2014 – Karunya University, Engineering – Master of Technology (Communication Systems) – M.Tech
Admission
Indian Patent Agent Registration No.: IN/PA-4795
Practice(s)
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