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biography
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Brunel University
- UK Registered Trademark Attorney
Professional
- Fellow of the UK Institute of Trade
Mark Agents (ITMA) - Associate of the UK Chartered Institute
of Patent Agents (CIPA) - Member of European Communities
Trade Mark Association (ECTA) - Authorised Representative for OHIM
(European Community Trade Mark Office)
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expertise
Specialist areas of expertise
- Brand Protection and Trademark Policy
- Global Anti-Counterfeiting Strategy
- Board and Committee Chairmanship
- Influencing and Shaping Public Policy in
Intellectual Property - Treaty and Model Law Analysis in
Intellectual Property
Projects undertaken
- Lobbying for legislative change
- Building Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
- Board/Committee Chairmanship
- Representation of Companies or
Trade Associations - IP Policy Review and Restructuring
- Public Speaking on Specialist Areas in IP
- Panel member or Moderator
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experience
Current Policy Roles
Senior Policy Advisor - Intellectual Property at Gowlings (UK) LLP, a full service international law firm. Click here to view more details
Senior Policy Advisor to the International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting And Piracy (ICC/BASCAP). Click here to view more details
International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
- President 2009
- President Elect and Chair of the Planning Committee 2008
- Vice President and Policy Development & Advocacy Group Officer 2007
- Vice President and Education and Information Services Group Officer 2006
- Secretary 2005
- Chair of the Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement Committee 2004–2005
- Chair of the Parallel Imports Committee 2002–2003
- Industry Advisory Council 1998-2001
- Board of Directors 1998–2003 and 2005
to current date - Representative to the European Commission’s Observatory on Counterfeiting & Piracy in Brussels
Top 50 most influential people in IP
Listed annually in the global Top 50 most influential people in intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property magazine 2005–2009
US Congress House of Representatives
Judicary CommitteeTestified before US Congress House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on proposed expansion of generic top level domain name space (Sept 2009)
Over 25 years Intellectual Property Management
- Senior IP lawyer with Unilever PLC for 18 Years – the largest Trade Mark Owner in the World. 4 years as Vice President Legal – Global Anti-Counterfeiting Counsel, with overall responsibility for anti-counterfeiting and brand protection initiatives within the business and 10 years as Head of Corporate Trade Marks and General Trade Mark Counsel
- 10 years with British healthcare company Smith & Nephew Plc., including 5 years as Head of Trade Marks
- Worked for Roche (Pharmaceuticals) in Switzerland and the UK and for Amersham International Plc., the radio diagnostic company now part of GE
Other roles...
- Chair of the UK Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) International Committee 2011 -
- Chairman of UK Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) Council 2008–2010
- Co-Chair of International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (ICC BASCAP) Steering Committee 2006–2010
- Co-founder of Global Business Leaders Alliance Against Counterfeiting (GBLAAC) – merged with ICC/BASCAP in 2006
- Co-founder of World Customs Organisation (WCO)/Interpol Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting
and Piracy - Chair of WCO Global Strategic Task Force on IP Protection 2006
- Director of Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group (PTMG)1995 to current date
- Observer to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE)
- Created and led Joint Business
Response Group through INTA and ICC/BASCAP to Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations
(37 countries currently party to proposed plurilateral treaty) - On Editorial Board of IP Asia Magazine
- Regular speaker in many public policy forums and summits on Intellectual Property all over the world
Other Trade Association experience
- Association des Industries de Marque (AIM) Anti-Counterfeiting Committee & Trade Mark Committee
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI) British Group
- UK IP Federation
- Business Europe
- IPR Business Partnership/SNB React
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contact
Address
Richard Heath (IP) Associates Ltd.
PO Box 10751
Dunmow
CM6 9BB
United KingdomTelephone
+44 (0)1371 830342
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