The IP wakeup call  Ignore intellectual property today and you may not have a business to protect tomorrow

Jeremy Duncan, Partner at Reggie London, Marketing Chair IoD London

Jeremy is a Partner and Brand Strategy Director at Reggie London, an award-winning independent brand and communications consultancy. He has worked in communications for over 30 years, firstly on the advertising and marketing fronts within the publishing sector for Reed and Condé Nast.

He built and ran a leading design consultancy, advised agencies and businesses as an independent consultant and was involved in a digital PR start-up before joining Reggie London in 2014.

Jeremy has extensive experience of working in most industry sectors, having led major branding projects for many household names in the UK and internationally.

Michael has over 15 years’ experience as a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney (UK) and more than 20 years’ experience as a solicitor. He advises brand owners on all aspects of trade mark protection and registration, including portfolio management, clearance searching, trade mark prosecution, opposition, cancellation, revocation, licensing, assignment, infringement and the law of unregistered trade marks/passing-off.

Michael heads up the Financial Services sector group and assists clients in a variety of other sectors including transport, digital transformation, medtech, creative industries, food and drink, homeware, retail & sports. He acts for a number of asset and wealth management enterprises, investment vehicles, real estate investors, commodities trading businesses.

Rebecca Ganz (Becks) is a dynamic, highly experienced Chair, Non-Executive Director (NED) as well as expert strategy advisor to Boards, C-Suites and Entrepreneurs. With a NED & Trustee portfolio spanning Education, Institutional Health & Business, Becks offers a compelling mix of disruptive, entrepreneurial know-how & best practice corporate governance to support accelerated achievement of organisational objectives.

Building on an Executive background as a Chartered Accountant, Mergers & Acquisitions specialist and independent strategy adviser across diverse sectors and geographies, Becks has a multifaceted understanding of the benefits of maximising IP strategy, which in her experience can be game changers.

Simon specialises as a commercial contract lawyer for technology companies. He works for clients in the electronics, bioscience, defence, software, nanotech and creative industries, advising companies ranging from small start-ups to big multinationals as well as individuals, public bodies and charities.

He advises on a wide range of contracts, including licenses, R&D collaborations, manufacturing agreements and procurement documentation. He has advised on compliance with clinical trials legislation and novel food applications, as well as freedom of information and data protection issues.

Simon has co-written two business textbooks, contributed articles to numerous publications and was part of a UK IPO steering group putting together policies and contracts suitable for R&D collaborations in China.