Don Banner
A key player in in the development of the international IP system IP Hall of…
2006
Heinz Bardehle
Adviser to the German government on IP IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006 A…
Birch Bayh
Former US Senator, co-sponsor of the pivotal Bayh-Dole Act 1980 IP Hall of Fame inductee…
Friedrich Karl Beier
An influential academic and author IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006 Beier was for…
Johannes van Benthem
The first president of the European Patent Office IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006…
Arpad Bogsch
A former WIPO Director General and father of the Patent Cooperation Treaty IP Hall of…
Edward Coke
A key figure in the emergence of the modern free-market economy in England IP Hall…
Thomas Edison
Inventor of many devices that greatly influenced the modern world IP Hall of Fame inductee…
Kurt Härtel
One of the prime movers behind the establishment of the European Patent Convention IP Hall…
Victor Hugo
A driving force behind the creation of the Berne Convention on Copyright IP Hall of…
Robin Jacob
Former senior patent judge in the United Kingdom IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006…
Thomas Jefferson
Third president of the United States, author of the first US patent law and first…
Klaus-Dieter Langfinger
Former head of patents, trademarks and licences at BASF IP Hall of Fame inductee in…
Bruce Lehman
Former commissioner of the USPTO and chair of the International Intellectual Property Institute IP Hall…
James Madison
Fourth US president, credited with providing the basis for intellectual property in the US constitutional…
Howard T Markey
First chief justice of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the United…
Alexander von Mühlendahl
Former vice president of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market IP Hall of…
Melville Nimmer
A scholar and author of leading copyright treatise IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006…
Marshall Phelps
Former vice president of intellectual property at Microsoft IP Hall of Fame inductee in 2006…
Giles Rich
A highly influential judge and an author of the US Patent Act of 1952 IP…
Frank Isaac Schechter
Author of an article considered the birth of trademark dilution as a recognised theory IP…
Dudley Smith
The prime mover behind the formation of the Licensing Executives Society IP Hall of Fame…
Korekiyo Takahashi
The first commissioner of the Japanese Patent Office and later prime minister of Japan IP…