Dr. Jamil Ammar


Title                                         Dr.

First Name                               Jamil

Last Name                                Ammar

Name of the Institute                 The University of Edinburgh

Position within Institute             Research Fellow

Field of Expertise                      Intellectual Property (IP)


Short Academic Profile           

Jamil Ammar is an Assistant Professor in Law, with teaching interests in intellectual property, particularly trade marks; e-commerce and business law. Dr.Jamil joined Edinburgh Law School as a Research Fellow in 2014. From 2012-14, he was appointed Head of Management Department in the School of Business Administration at the AIU. Previously, Dr.Jamil was involved in several projects both nationally and internationally including the United Nations Development Programme in Syria (projects covered: E Government, Regional Planning and the WTO). As the founder of the Syrian Strategic Think Tank, www.syrianstrategictt.com/, jamil was an invited participant in the Smarter Regulation for Small and Medium-Size Enterprise report by the World Bank Group- 2013-15.

Dr.Jamil’s research focuses on intellectual property and information technology law from European and international perspectives with emphasis on the interface between intellectual property and changing technologies. His work explores ways in which the law may be better calibrated to meet the needs of stakeholders. At present, Jamil is involved in a research project to address the legal and economic implications of 3D printing ( also known as additive manufacturing) on trade mark law.

Dr.Jamil completed his LLB and LLM from the University of Damascus, LLM from the University of Wales Swansea and PhD from the University of Edinburgh where he was also the book review editor of the SCRIPTed Law and Technology Centre, 2009-10.