People

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

The IBIL team has academic, judicial and 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 - Reader and Co-Director of IBIL
• Dr Matthew Fisher - Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of IBIL
• Dr Daniela Simone - Honorary Lecturer
• The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Floyd - Visiting Professor
• Mark Anderson - Visiting Professor
• Dr Christopher Stothers - Visiting Professor
• Amanda Harcourt - Visiting Professor
• Stephen Jones - Visiting Lecturer
• Luminita Olteanu - Research Student
• Felipe Osorio-Umana - Research Student
• Joshua Bradley - Research Student
• Dr Lynne Chave - Research and Administrative support
• Lisa Penfold - Events & CPD Manager
• Cat Balogun - 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 - Former judge of the Court of Appeal, England & Wales
• Andrew Griffiths - Professor of Law at Newcastle University
• Stephen Jones - Former 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 - Former 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