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A selection of interviews with IP Hall of Fame inductees and Academy members.
Marshall Phelps and David Kline
30 Jun 2009
Marshall Phelps, corporate vice president for IP policy and strategy at Microsoft, and David Kline, co-author of Rembrandts in the Attic, discuss their book Burning the Ships: IP and the Transformation of Microsoft; as well as the attributes a top class chief IP officer needs to possess. Look out, too, for Phelps's reaction to David Kappos being nominated as the next director of the USPTO
Ruud Peters and Caroline Kamerbeek
30 Jun 2009
Ruud Peters, CEO of Philips IP & Standards, and Caroline Kamerbeek, its head of communications, discuss the formation of the IP Brand Development Group, the importance of reaching out to SMEs and why communicating the value of IP to a general audience matters so much.
An Interview with Michael Kirk
24 Jun 2009
IP Hall of Fame 09 inductee Michael Kirk, the former executive director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Interviewed at the second IP Business Congress in Chicago.
An Interview with Dolores Hanna
24 Jun 2009
IP Hall of Fame 09 inductee Dolores Hanna, the first female president of the International Trademark Association.
Interviewed at the second IP Business Congress in Chicago.
An Interview with Niels Reimers
23 Jun 2009
IP Hall of Fame 09 inductee Niels Reimers, one of the founders of the Association of University Technology Managers and the former head of the Stanford technology licensing operation.
Interviewed at the second IP Business Congress in Chicago.
An Interview with Todd Dickinson
23 Jun 2009
Todd Dickinson, executive director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, discusses David Kappos's nomination as the next director of the USPTO, the challenges he faces and what his priorities should be; the progress of patent reform legislation through Congress; the changing US IP environment; and the Supreme Court's decision to hear the Bilski case.