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):
Karl Jorda
Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Franklin Pierce Law CentreIP Hall of Fame inductee in 2007
Professor of Intellectual Property Law as well as the director of the Germeshausen Centre for the Law of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Franklin Pierce Law Centre. Karl Jorda was previously chief IP counsel at Ciba-Geigy Corporation (now Novartis) and is a former president of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and the Pacific Intellectual Property Association. Jorda also served as a member of the board of directors, council, or executive committee of: the American Intellectual Property Law Association; the American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section; the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel; Intellectual Property Owners; the International Trademark Association; and the International Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPPI United States). He is one of only three law professors to have received the Jefferson Medal for exceptional contributions to the American IP law system.