Innovation in AI is breaking through into mainstream applications as never before. No longer limited to AI specialists, innovation can be found across a wide range of applications, including the medical, energy and manufacturing sectors, amongst many others. Such innovation requires insight, expertise and investment to produce but, once released, may be easy for competitors to copy. The intellectual property system, including patents and copyright, can be used to help retain control. This session covers how IP can be used to identify, protect and commercialise AI-related innovation out in the real world.

Speaker info

• Pam Bryer, Partner at M&C - Chartered (UK), European and Registered (SG) Patent Attorney, and Designs Expert. Pamela is experienced in preparing, filing and prosecuting mechanical, electronic and software-related patent applications in the UK and internationally. She works with clients in a range of industries and has gained particular experience in the areas of financial technology, blockchain, security systems, semiconductors, sensors, medical devices, prostheses, oil and gas technology and consumer products. She is also experienced in handling UK, European, Singaporean and international design registrations and was responsible for setting up our Design and Copyright Practice Group. Consequently, Pamela regularly advises on contentious and strategic matters relating to patents, registered and unregistered design rights and copyright.
• Gavin Cullen – Senior Associate at M&C - Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney. Gavin is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent attorney and works in the fields of electronics, physics, engineering and computer-related inventions. He has worked across a number of different technology sectors and has particular experience in computer-related inventions, medical devices, photonics, energy, networking and communication technologies, video games and AI-based technologies. Gavin has experience on a range of patent matters, including patent drafting and patent prosecution, and also has substantial experience advising SMEs as part of the UKIPO IP Audit scheme.
• Callum Sinclair – Partner at Burness Paull – Head of technology and commercial. Callum has worked in the field of information and communications technology law for over 20 years. Chris has a life-long passion for technology, and is a recognised thought-leader in Technology, having been named in the UK Lawyer magazine’s “Hot 100” of 2018, in The Times’ 2016 Digital List of 100 people from Scotland’s digital technologies industry who are “changing the world”, and won the Leadership Award at the 2018 ScotlandIS Digital Tech Awards.
• Magnus Wahrenberg - Principal Scientist and IP Lead. Magnus graduated from KTH – The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm with a “Master of Computer Science in Engineering” degree. He joined Canon Medical Research Europe, then part of Barco, in 2006. He is currently technical / scientific lead in the Visualisation Team where we focus on real time medical visualisation technology. Since 2018 he has the added responsibility of overseeing the IP process. He is named as inventor on approximately 25 patent applications, of which 15 have been granted.