Corporate Affiliates Network
Patents and IP law
5 December 2007
Timetable
| 5.50 | Arrival and registration, with refreshments |
| 6.10 | Welcome from Peter Dobson |
| 6.20 | Alex Turnbull - "The Business of IP" |
| 6.40 | Jonathan Sellors - "Practical Issues in Protecting, Exploiting, and Enforcing IP Rights" |
| 7.00 | Stephen Hodsdon |
| 7.20 | Wine and canapés |
| 8.00 | Finish |
Biographies of the speakers, and copies of their presentations
| Alex Turnbull, HLBBshaw Drawing on his experience as in-house patent and trade mark attorney at Cambridge Display Technology, Alex will speak about how IP is used as a business tool both defensively and offensively whilst covering the topics of building an IP portfolio and checking for conflicting rights. Dr Alex Turnbull is a UK Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney and a representative before OHIM, the European Trade Marks and Designs registry. He holds a degree and PhD in Astrophysics and went on to achieve an MSc in the Management of Intellectual Property at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of the University of London in 2001. He is involved primarily in patent prosecution, portfolio management, and opposition practice, with particular emphasis on the technical area of physics. Alex has particular experience with inventions embodied in semiconductor devices of an organic and inorganic nature, display systems and so called “plastic electronics”. He also has a keen interest in licenses and license negotiations. Alex joined HLBBshaw as senior attorney from Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) Ltd, where he was responsible for the prosecution and management of the company’s device physics patents and trade mark portfolio, and for a significant proportion of the company’s pure organic chemistry portfolio. Outside of work Alex is the Chair of the Physics and Law group of the Institute of Physics, enjoys climbing and most other sports. Download Alex Turnbull's Presentation (616KB) |  |
Jonathan Sellors, FSI Law
Jonathan specialises in intellectual property, both commercial and contentious, and related media work. His practice centres around advising a wide range of clients - from large media groups to individuals - as to developing, exploiting and protecting their rights and brands. He also has expertise in the areas of IT, software, e-commerce and data protection. He has extensive first hand knowledge and experience of the media and entertainment industries, the on-line and telecommunications sectors and particularly the junction between the two (in terms of the distribution of media rights through wired and wireless networks). His recent work includes:
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| Stephen Hodsdon, Mewburn Ellis Stephen graduated with a MSci in Natural Sciences, specialising in Experimental and Theoretical Physics, from Cambridge University in 2000 and joined Mewburn Ellis in the same year. The degree covered the fundamental aspects of physics with a strong mathematical content. In addition to astrophysics, particle physics and medical physics, the Masters included a project related to the GPS location system. Stephen qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney in 2004 and as a European Patent Attorney in 2005. Now based in Cambridge, Stephen's practice is varied, but principally focused on computer software and hardware and mathematical modelling. His clients include universities and local SMEs, as well as being solely responsible for the management of a large portfolio of high profile applications for a major Japanese electronics company. In addition to his patents work, Stephen has been active throughout his career in other areas of IP, particularly designs and trade marks, and qualified as a Registered Trade Mark Attorney in 2007. He has a strong interest in litigation and contentious proceedings, and will be starting a pupillage at a specialist set of IP chambers in 2008 to complete his qualification as a barrister. Download Stephen Hodsdon's Presentation (503KB) |  |
For all enquiries, please e-mail business@iop.org
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