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):
Gerald Mossinghoff
Former USPTO commissioner and partner at Oblon SpivakIP Hall of Fame inductee in 2007
A former assistant secretary of commerce and commissioner of patents and trademarks, and a former president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Gerald Mossinghoff also served as US Ambassador to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Paris Convention and as chairman of the General Assembly of WIPO. In the early 1980s he advised President Reagan on the establishment of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and also initiated a far-reaching automation programme at the USPTO. He is senior counsel to the law firm Oblon Spivak and visiting professor of intellectual property law at the George Washington University Law School.