United Trademark and Patent Services

What United Trademark and Patent Services does

United Trademark and Patent Services (UTMPS) is a private, family-owned intellectual property law firm founded in 1949 in Lahore, Pakistan, and now headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The firm operates 20+ offices across 16+ jurisdictions in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, employing 150+ IP professionals. It provides end-to-end intellectual property services spanning prosecution, enforcement, litigation, and commercialization across trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyrights, trade secrets, geographical indications, and plant variety rights, supported by a specialized 40+ person Life Sciences IP team serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device clients. UTMPS also runs an operational brand protection and anti-counterfeiting practice that coordinates investigations, customs enforcement, raids, and online takedowns.

The firm's revenue model is fee-based professional services, billed per engagement, jurisdiction, and scope of work, with no public pricing disclosed. It serves 250+ Fortune 500 multinationals alongside regional enterprises across verticals including luxury fashion, technology, FMCG, automotive, hospitality, retail, and pharmaceuticals. Distribution is exclusively direct: senior partners and country managers cultivate long-term enterprise relationships, supported by Chambers, WTR 1000, IAM Patent 1000, and Asia IP rankings as primary credibility mechanisms. The firm is led by the Khan family — Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan as Chairman, Maria Farrukh Khan as Managing Partner, Hasan Irfan Khan as Senior Partner, and Yawar Irfan Khan — with a Khan-family ownership structure and no external institutional capital or parent company.

Name

United Trademark and Patent Services

Legal name

United Trademark and Patent Services

Website

https://utmps.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

United Trademark and Patent Services (UTMPS) is a private, family-owned intellectual property law firm founded in 1949, operating 20+ offices across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. It delivers IP prosecution, enforcement, litigation, and commercialization services to Fortune 500 multinationals and regional enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Intellectual Property (IP) Law (BPAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trademark Prosecution & Brand Protection (BPAHAMAB), Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management (BPAHAMAA), IP Compliance, Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement (BPAHAMAK)

Keywords

• Trademark prosecution services
• Patent filing services
• Intellectual property law
• Anti-counterfeiting enforcement
• Copyright registration

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. IP Prosecution and Registration Services: Fee-based professional services for trademark, patent, design, and copyright registration and prosecution across multiple jurisdictions. Revenue generated through filing fees, renewal fees, and prosecution service charges.
2. IP Enforcement and Litigation: Legal representation and enforcement services including anti-counterfeiting operations, litigation, and dispute resolution across Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.
3. IP Strategy, Licensing and Monetization: Advisory services for IP commercialization, licensing, technology transfer, due diligence, and strategic portfolio management.
4. Life Sciences IP Services: Specialized IP services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare companies including regulatory compliance, patent prosecution, and enforcement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

United Trademark and Patent Services is a dedicated intellectual property law firm that protects, manages, and enforces brands, inventions, designs, copyrights, and geographical indications for corporate clients worldwide. Core practice areas include trademark filing and prosecution, patent prosecution, industrial design registration, copyright protection, geographical indications, IP enforcement and anti-counterfeiting operations, IP consultancy, watching services, IP valuation, and domain name services.

Product overview

United Trademark and Patent Services (UTMPS) is an intellectual property law firm offering comprehensive IP protection, enforcement, and commercialization services. Rather than a unified software product, UTMPS provides a portfolio of legal service offerings including Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Geographical Indications, Plant Varieties & PBRs, Life Sciences IP, IP Enforcement & Litigation, Brand Protection & Anti-Counterfeiting, Domain Name Disputes, Commercialise Your IP (licensing, technology transfer, due diligence), and Regulatory & Compliance services. These services are delivered across 20+ jurisdictions in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia through a network of offices, with coordinated execution for multinational portfolios.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Led one of the region's largest anti-counterfeiting operations, partnering with customs and law-enforcement authorities to seize large-scale counterfeit consignments in UAE, KSA, Qatar and Oman
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Hogan Lovells: Global law firm with extensive IP practice and offices across MENA and South Asia. Competes for large multinational IP portfolios and patent prosecution, particularly in life sciences, from an international-fully-integrated position.
• Clyde & Co: International law firm with deep Middle East presence and an IP practice serving enterprise clients across the region. Comparable on multi-jurisdictional IP mandates from an incumbent global-firm perspective.
• Bird & Bird: Global law firm widely recognized as a leader in IP and tech law, with strong Middle East and Asia presence. Competes with UTMPS on cross-border IP mandates for multinational clients from a global-incumbent position.
• Dennemeyer & Associates: Global IP services provider with patented docketing, annuities, and portfolio management capabilities serving multinational IP owners. Comparable on global IP administration though UTMPS is more prosecution-and-litigation-led while Dennemeyer is more portfolio-management-led.

Direct peers

• Al Tamimi & Company: One of the largest full-service law firms in the Middle East with a strong IP practice across the GCC and Egypt, serving enterprise and regional clients. Directly comparable on IP prosecution, enforcement, and multi-jurisdictional coordination, though broader than pure-play IP.
• Saba & Co Intellectual Property: Longstanding IP firm headquartered in the Middle East with offices across the GCC, Levant, and North Africa. Direct comparable on trademark and patent prosecution plus enforcement for enterprise clients in similar geographies.
• Rouse & Co International / Rouse: IP-led professional services firm with deep emerging-market coverage across Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Closely comparable business model focused on IP enforcement, brand protection, and multi-jurisdictional portfolio coordination.
• Saud Alsaleh Intellectual Property (SAIP): Regional IP boutique with offices across MENA providing trademark, patent, and design prosecution and enforcement. Direct comparable on enterprise IP mandates in overlapping GCC and Levant jurisdictions.
• Kadasa & Partners (Kadasa IP): Saudi Arabia-based IP boutique specializing in trademark and patent prosecution across the GCC and broader MENA. Direct overlap on prosecution and enforcement mandates for clients entering Saudi Arabia and neighboring jurisdictions.
• Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP): The most direct regional competitor — an IP-focused firm founded in 1972 headquartered in the MENA region with broad multi-jurisdictional coverage (Middle East, North Africa, and beyond). Competes head-to-head with UTMPS for Fortune 500 IP mandates across the GCC, Levant, and South Asia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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