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):
Dan McCurdy
Chairman of PatentFreedom and CEO of Allied Security TrustWith more than 20 years experience in intellectual property, Daniel McCurdy has held prominent positions at several highly regarded technological companies including Lucent Technologies and IBM. Today, McCurdy is CEO of Allied Security Trust where he is responsible for management of the trust, patent acquisition and divestiture negotiations and membership expansion. He also remains chairman of PatentFreedom - the online, subscription-based global authority on non-practising entities. In 2001 McCurdy co-founded ThinkFire, an IP advisory firm providing services to many of the world’s leading technology companies and private equity firms. He served as the company's CEO until May 2008.
McCurdy recently chaired an effort for the Center for American Progress providing IP policy recommendations to the Obama administration, and served on the Intellectual Property Policy Committee of the US National Academies.