The IP Hall of Fame, devised and developed by IAM magazine, honours those who have made outstanding contributions to the development of IP as a crucial business asset. Inductees are chosen by the IP Hall of Fame Academy from nominations submitted by the global IP community.

The inductees for 2012 have just been announced. They are:

• Béatrix de Russé - Head of IP and licensing at Technicolor.
• Q. Todd Dickinson - Executive director of the AIPLA.
• Alan Drewsen - Executive director of the International Trademark Association (INTA) since 1998.
• David Kappos - Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the USPTO.
• J. Thomas McCarthy - Internationally renowned author on IP matters.
• Marybeth Peters - The United States Register of Copyrights from 1994 until her retirement in 2010.

For further information about the inductees for 2012, please click here.

For background information on previous IP Hall of Fame inductees, hover over an individual's photograph and click on the larger image that appears.