The IP Hall of Fame Academy has now voted on who should be inducted into the IP Hall of Fame for 2008. The five inductees are:

• Jane Ginsburg - A highly influential academic and teacher who has written some of the most important IP-related books of modern times.
• Francis Gurry - Recently confirmed as the new Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation and a key figure in the development of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre.
• Dolores Hanna - The first female president of the International Trademark Association and a highly influential figure in the development of trademark law and practice across the world.
• Michael Kirk - Recently retired as the Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Association after 13 years of service. An outstanding advocate for IP both in the US and internationally.
• Niels Reimers - A former director of Stanford University's Office of Technology Licensing who developed the "marketing model", the predominant strategy used by US academic technology transfer enterprises.

More detailed biographies of the inductees will follow shortly.