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This month JIPLP interviews Gonzalo Ulloa y Suelves, a well-knownpersonality not only with the Spanish and European intellectualproperty professions, but also internationally. Gonzalo graduatedwith a Master of Law degree from the Universidad de Madrid     

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Professor Gomulkiewicz is currently undertaking research intothe history of IP licences in Oxford. He is usually based atthe University of Washington Law School where he directs thegraduate programme in IP law and policy. Prior to joining thefaculty, he was Associate General Counsel at Microsoft. He     

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A member of the Legal Board of Appeal and legal member of threeTechnical Boards at the European Patent Office in Munich since2005, Kevin enjoys the challenge of his new career. After graduatingin Chemistry at University College, Oxford, he was called tothe Bar in 1975 where, as     

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Barbara Cookson was a patent agent who qualified as a solicitorback in 1992 when it seemed probable that there would be a convergenceof professional service firms. It did not happen. After partnershipin two large commercial law firms, Barbara has reverted to thesolitude of a     

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Ellen has more than 20 years of experience practising trademark and IP law. Formerly a partner and the head of the trademark department with one of the largest intellectual propertyfirms in Israel, she specializes in global branding, trade markand trade     

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Clare, a partner in London solicitors Collyer Bristow, specializesin IP litigation. Much of her work involves trade mark/passingoff litigation, although copyright and design orientated mattersalso constitute important areas of practice for her,     

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Based in Japan, John Tessensohn is a board member of ShusakuYamamoto, a leading Japanese IP practice. John specializes inpatent litigation, trademark, unfair competition, anti-counterfeitingand licensing matters. Born and raised in Singapore, he holdsan LL.B (Hons.) from National University of Singapore and     

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Shane Smyth is a popular and well-known personality in internationaltrade mark circles, where his friendly face and amicable demeanourprovide the frontage for a mordant     

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Miri Frankel is Manager, Legal Affairs, with The Beanstalk Group,which develops and manages turn-key, strategic global licensingprogrammes on behalf of owners of famous brands and trade marks.Beanstalk's clients include Harley–Davidson, Jim Beam,Jack Daniels, Shell and Volvo. Miri, a New Yorker, holds degreesfrom New York University and     

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An Associate Professor in the Law Department of the prestigiousEDHEC Business School, Nice, Cedric Manara is one of the liveliestand most influential intellectual property educators and opinion-makersto emerge from France in recent     

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Paul Jones is with Jones & Co., a multi-lingual law firmin Toronto, Canada. He found time in his busy schedule to respondto questions posed by JIPLP. How did you first become interested in IP? I began as a commercial lawyer doing franchising, which ledto an interest in trade marks. Later I had a small client whowas threatened with litigation