Bruce Lehman
Former commissioner of the USPTO and chair of the International Intellectual Property Institute IP Hall…
Inductees
James Madison
Fourth US president, credited with providing the basis for intellectual property in the US constitutional…
Howard T Markey
First chief justice of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the United…
Alexander von Mühlendahl
Former vice president of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market IP Hall of…
Melville Nimmer
A scholar and author of leading copyright treatise IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006…
Marshall Phelps
Former vice president of intellectual property at Microsoft IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006…
Giles Rich
A highly influential judge and an author of the US Patent Act of 1952 IP…
Frank Isaac Schechter
Author of an article considered the birth of trademark dilution as a recognised theory IP…
Dudley Smith
The prime mover behind the formation of the Licensing Executives Society IP Hall of Fame…
Korekiyo Takahashi
The first commissioner of the Japanese Patent Office and later prime minister of Japan IP…