People

Find out about the people who make up UCL's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law.

The IBIL team of academics has judicial, practical and academic experience. We are assisted by an international advisory panel comprising judges, practitioners and members of intellectual property institutions. 

IBIL Team

• The Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob - Sir Hugh Laddie Chair of Intellectual Property Law and Co-Director of IBIL
• Dr Ilanah Fhima - Associate Professor and Co-Director of IBIL
• Dr Matthew Fisher - Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of IBIL
• Dr Daniela Simone - Lecturer and Co-Director of IBIL
• Professor Ioannis Lianos, Professor in Competition Law and Public Policy
• Dr Christopher Stothers - Visiting Professor
• Mark Anderson - Visiting Professor
• Daniel Alexander QC - Visiting Professor
• Stephen Jones - Visiting Professor
• Amanda Harcourt - Visiting Professor
• Luminita Olteanu - Research Student
• Dr Lynne Chave - Research Assistance and Administration
• Alexandra Mezulanik - Research Assistant
• Lisa Penfold - Events & CPD Manager
• Cat Balogun - Events Officer (On leave 2018-19)
• Ashley Denney - Events Officer

Advisory Panel

• Professor Lionel Bently - University of Cambridge
• Alison Brimelow - Former President of the European Patent Office
• Professor Jan Brinkhof - Former senior judge of the Court of Appeal in the Netherlands
• Professor Josef Drexl - Director, Max Planck Institute, Munich
• Lord Justice Floyd - Court of Appeal
• Andrew Griffiths - Professor of Law at Newcastle University
• Stephen Jones - President of CIPA
• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Neuberger of Abottsbury - Former President of the Supreme Court
• Randall Rader - Former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit, US
• David Rosenberg - VP IP Policy at GSK
• Stephen Rubin OBE - Chairman of Pentland Group PLC
• Kong Xiangjun - Chief Judge of the IPR Division of the Supreme People's Court, China
• Wang Yanfang - Judge of the IPR Division of the Supreme People's Court, China