Articles by Helen Winsor

Legal IQ: What is your background and how did you get into your current role as Leading Counsel of IP at Statoil? D Park: My personal background is I’m a British national. I was born and grew up in England. My technical background is I’m a qualified engineer. I did engineering at university. My legal background is I’m a qualified UK patent attorney and a European patent...Full Article »

Legal IQ: Hello and welcome to this IQPC podcast, presented in conjunction with the Nordic IPR Forum 2012. I’m your host, Helen Winsor, and today I have a panel for you. We have today Jakob Balling, IP Specialist from Arla Foods, and Professor Dr Knut Blind, Chair of Innovation Economics at Fraunhofer FOKUS and TU Berlin. Welcome to the show, both of you. How are you today? J Balling:...Full Article »

Legal IQ: Thank you very much for joining us. Now Tom, after considerable research with the market we have found that one of the most important issues for patent earning departments at the moment is the strategic alignment of the business goals and functions with the legal requirements on the legal team. Firstly, would you agree? T Briscoe:  Some of your listeners might be surprised by this...Full Article »

Legal IQ: It’s great of you to join me after the event to reflect on some of the topics discussed. Firstly, I’d like to take one of the topics that was covered in one of your sessions. Could you sum up the key considerations when it comes to rules of supply to data privacy retention, preservation, and destruction in various jurisdictions? G Rudoy: Obviously, for any of the companies...Full Article »

Legal IQ : Can you tell us more about the work of the National Archives and your overall approach to eDiscovery and information management in a government context? J Baron :That’s a large question. We’re talking about the National Archives in the United States where I’ve had the pleasure to be Director of Litigation for the last eleven years or so and, prior to that, at the...Full Article »

Legal IQ: You’ve been studying the New York State Bar Association’s Special Committee Report which recommends amendment of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which deal with the duty to preserve electronic information prior to the filing of a suit and sanctions for failing to do so. Now, could you just give me a little bit of background and tell us about the committee...Full Article »

Legal IQ: Thanks very much for joining us today ahead of the event. Today I’d like to talk about some of the trends, challenges, and key issues in brand protection and anti-counterfeiting today. Obviously there’s a lot going on in this field and a lot of key topics to be discussed. One of the big challenges for brands today is the sale of counterfeit goods on the internet through...Full Article »

Legal IQ: First of all, how can companies best manage their risk when it comes to electronic information. J Schmid: That's a very broad question you're asking. They first probably will have to consider what kind of risks they want to cover. From a legal point of view, a strictly legal approach there are at least two kinds of contradictory categories they have to consider. First, they...Full Article »

Legal IQ: I am sure you would agree that the cost benefit analysis of your patent portfolio is essential in deciding what to patent and what not to patent. Is this the only piece of information that you take into account when making this type of decision? If not, what else would you consider? A Spillman: Thank you, Helen, for this question. This question is actually a very good question. It was...Full Article »

Legal IQ: In this new heightened risk management environment, what are you seeing as the most common concerns of pharma companies when it comes to compliance regulatory investigations? J Holzer: Like in past years, potential corruption involving government officials as well as promotion and marketing activities really are popular areas of concern for pharma companies and companies worldwide...Full Article »

Legal IQ : Can you tell us more about the work of the National Archives and your overall approach to eDiscovery and information management in a government context? J Baron : That’s a large question. We’re talking about the National Archives in the United States where I’ve had the pleasure to be Director of Litigation for the last eleven years or so and, prior to that, at the...Full Article »