IP Hall of Fame Academy members
The IP Hall of Fame Academy comprises previous, living inductees into the IP Hall of Fame, the panellists from the 2006 IP Hall of Fame induction process and individuals who have been put forward for membership as a consequence of their acknowledged expertise in international intellectual property issues. Moving forward, people will qualify for Academy membership only if they are inducted into the IP Hall of Fame or if their names are submitted for consideration by an existing member.
The role of Academy members is to select IP Hall of Fame inductees from the nominations made by the global IP community.
Current members are (click on name for more information):
Peter Chrocziel
Past president of Licensing Executives Society International and a partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in GermanyA former research fellow of the Max-Planck Institute in Munich, Peter Chrocziel has interned as a visiting expert with the European Commission and is a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Chrocziel has been a partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer since 1991 and his practice covers all aspects of IP work, including patent, trademark, copyright and antitrust. He represents and counsels clients from industry and finance always with the view to helping to maximise their return from intellectual property, be it through licensing or through enforcement.
In 2006 he served as president of the Licensing Executives Society International. He was recently named a member of the IAM 250 - A guide to the world's leading IP strategists.