A B M HAMIDUL MISHBAH
Barrister-at-Law, of Lincoln's Inn Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh LL. B (Hons.), University of Wolverhampton, UK Post Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Northumbria, UK.
Mishbah is a corporate lawyer practicing at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and is the Managing Partner of Old Bailey Chambers, Dhaka. He obtained LL. B (Hons) and Post Graduate Degree in Law from the United Kingdom, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Lincoln’s Inn, UK in March 2005. Mishbah later on pursued an LL.M Degree in Competition Law at the Kings College, London.
Mishbah specializes in the areas of Intellectual Property, Emerging Technology, IT and Telecommunication, Competition (Antitrust), Data Protection & Privacy, Media & Entertainment and Defamation, International Commercial Law and Constitutional Law matters.
Mishbah has served as a National Consultant to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), advising on Bangladesh’s accession to the Madrid System/Protocol for Trademarks. He previously worked as an IPR Consultant with the Access to Information (a2i) Programme of UNDP, at the Prime Minister’s Office, Bangladesh. Mishbah also served as a Member of the Committee for Emerging Issues of the International Trademarks Association (INTA) for the 2020–2021 term, and served on the national Copyright Taskforce operating under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh.
Mishbah’s notable engagements include his engagement as one of the legal counsels in a coming-of-age litigation involving Constitutional Reform declaring key parts of the 15th Amendment (2011) unconstitutional, specifically the abolition of the non-party caretaker government (NPCG) system in Bangladesh; spearheading the enactment of the Customs IPR (Export & Import) Rules, 2019 of Bangladesh; advising Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in a USD 1.5 billion-dollar acquisition in 2018 (the largest acquisition in Bangladesh till date); advising VEON Telecom for acquiring the largest video-on-demand and streaming platform company in Bangladesh; assisting leading pharmaceutical companies, i.e. Pfizer Inc., and Gilead Sciences to enforce their Intellectual Property Rights (Patent and Trademark) in life saving drugs; and acting for renowned global brands like CASIO, NESTLE, TOMMY HILFIGER, P&G, HONDA, etc. for enforcing their Trademark rights in contentious and non-contentious matters.
Mishbah also acted as the lead counsel for SAMSUNG Electronics in Bangladesh in a ground-breaking litigation to prohibit parallel imports, sell and distribution of unauthorized SAMSUNG branded goods into Bangladesh; assisted Microsoft Bangladesh Limited to enforce its copyright and successfully claimed damages for infringement of Microsoft’s right in software; and offered advisory services in a large cross border M&A transaction in the e-commerce market in Bangladesh.
Mishbah assisted the music fraternity of Bangladesh to establish the first ever Collective Management Organization (CMO) in Bangladesh in 2014, and played key role, as a Member to the Drafting Committee for the Copyright Amendment Act, 2023.
In a legal career spanned over 20 years, Mishbah has played a pivotal role for shaping and framing various legislations and policies which includes drafting of the National ICT Policy 2009, Licensing Guidelines for Vehicle Tracking Services, reviewing the draft Geographical Indication Act, 2013, draft Broadcasting Policy 2014, draft Digital Security Act, 2018, the draft Digital Commerce Policy, 2018, draft Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025, and the draft Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025.
In 2011 Mishbah founded Bangladesh Intellectual Property Forum (www.bcipf.org), a not- for- profit organization that solely engages in creating IPR awareness and capacity building programs, and runs a legal aid center called “IP Plus Law Clinic” that provides pro-bono legal support to start-up entrepreneurs, innovators and to the creative fraternity. In 2018 Mishbah initiated and founded LexOration – a platform for young lawyers that holds legal lecture series and publications.
For his voluntary contribution in bringing positive changes within the IPR regime in Bangladesh, Mishbah was awarded the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Bangladesh, 2015 Award” by the Junior Chambers International (JCI).