A.B.M. Sohailud Doulah
Partner — Intellectual Property
Trademarks, patents and designs; head of IP prosecution
Sohailud Doulah leads the firm's intellectual property practice — the largest IP team housed within a multi-practice firm in Bangladesh, covering both prosecution and enforcement.
The firm has handled over three thousand trademark filings since 1965, including defending objections raised against well-known international brands. His work spans trademark, patent, copyright and design prosecution, renewals, assignments and licensing, domain names, software, market surveys, and action against infringement, counterfeiting and passing off.
Selected experience
- Technology transfer work for consumer goods and pharmaceutical companies.
- Large-scale counterfeiting enforcement campaigns for international brands.
- Established well-known mark protection for NOKIA in Bangladesh.
- Treaty-based cross-border IP enforcement.
Recognition
Written by Sohailud Doulah
- IP enforcement in Bangladesh: using treaty rights in a growing consumer market
Intellectual Property · 14 May 2026
- LDC graduation deferred to 2029: what it means for pharmaceutical patents
Intellectual Property · 13 November 2026
- Madrid Protocol accession: what it would mean for rights holders in Bangladesh
Intellectual Property · 6 October 2026
- The 2023 statutes: Bangladesh's IP law leaves 1911 behind
Intellectual Property · 29 September 2026