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Riana is an Associate Legal Policy Advisor at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), representing the recording industry worldwide. She holds an LLM in European IP Law from Stockholm University, and was previously Co-Chief Editor of the Stockholm IP Law Review. Riana is a (self-proclaimed) art enthusiast, and has more IPKat-related drawings to her name than she will admit (look at any of her recent posts and you will find at least one of her doodles). You can find Riana on LinkedIn here.
Rose Hughes
Rose is a European Patent Attorney for AstraZeneca, specialising in large-molecule pharmaceuticals. Rose manages complex patent filing strategies in a rapidly expanding and diverse IP portfolio. Rose also has a PhD in immunology and infectious disease from University College London. You can learn more about Rose here.

Jan Jacobi (LLM University of Amsterdam) is currently an international legal counsel, working for a commercial company in London. Prior to his in-house role, Jan practised as an attorney-at-law admitted to the Dutch bar. With his previous focus on trade mark law, copyrights and design rights, Jan is always looking for interesting cases and new developments in the field. You can learn more about Jan here.

Anastasiia is a researcher at the University of Alicante, as part of the GIPLaw-UA research group, and a PhD Candidate at the Universities of Alicante and of Strasbourg. Her main research interests (and, hence, her thesis) revolve around international IP law and regulation of IP in bilateral trade agreements. She takes additional interest in geographical indications, design law and her cat Louis-Michel. Anastasiia is also consulting the Ukrainian government on the intellectual property reform, as part of the Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Economy. More information about Anastasiia can be found here.
Becky is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney Litigator. She is currently taking a break from active practice to study for the Graduate Diploma in Law in the hopes of retraining as a barrister (specialising in IP of course!). Before embarking on yet another set of exams, Becky worked at Barker Brettell LLP for six years. There, she developed extensive experience in trade mark prosecution and enforcement, including domain name disputes and social media takedowns. Becky is particularly interested in trade marks and the internet, as well as her cat Skittle. You can learn more about Becky here and follow her on Twitter here.


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Verónica has the honour of being the first TechieKat. She is a Qualified Lawyer with extensive experience in the prosecution, enforcement, and litigation of IPRs. Passionate about IP Law and tech-related legal issues, she has studied and worked in different countries. Verónica has provided legal advice to multinational corporations, associations and SMEs in relation to cross-border IP, regulatory and contractual issues. She holds an LL.M. from Maastricht University and a Specialization from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, both in IP Law. Verónica also contributes to the IPTango blog and the Intellectual Property Chapter of the Encyclopedia of Information Technology Law (Westlaw), and she is an IP mentor at HighTechXL. More details on the TechieKat here.



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Giorgio Luceri
Giorgio is currently working as a lawyer at Noerr in Alicante (Spain) in the Intellectual Property Department. He is qualified for admission to the Bar in Italy (idoneo all'esercizio della professione forense) and has worked as a trainee at the EUIPO in the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights. Giorgio holds an LL.M. in Intellectual Property from the University of Turin with the WIPO Academy and the International Training Centre of the ILO and a Master's degree in Law from the University of Perugia. More information about Giorgio can be found here.


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Reviewed by Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo
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Friday, August 07, 2020
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