For our next lunch and learn, IP & ME are thrilled to welcome Bobby Mukherjee.
Meet the Speaker
Dr Bobby Mukherjee, Chief Counsel, IP & Technology Law - BAE Systems plc and Past President (2012-2014) of the IP Federation. He is the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) President, as of 1 January 2025. He previously served and currently sits on CIPA Council, and chaired the CIPA Internal Governance Committee in its formative stage.
Bobby is a qualified UK and European patent attorney with over 29 years' experience of IP gained in private practice and at BAE Systems plc. He is currently the Head of IP (2009 -) at BAE Systems plc (a FTSE 30 company), which has one of the largest in-house IP teams in the UK. During Bobby’s IP Federation Presidential term, Bobby played a prominent role, on behalf of Industry, in actively engaging with the Parliamentary stages of the UK IP Bill 2013-2014. This resulted in the UK IP Act 2014, with a positive outcome for Industry. He currently sits on the IP Federation Council and previously chaired the IP Federation Trade Working Group (2020-2023). On behalf of the IP Federation, he gave evidence in January 2023 on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) IP provisions to the influential House of Commons International Trade Select Committee. As a direct result of the IP Federation’s diligent work to which Bobby significantly contributed since 2018 in conjunction with the work of other key stakeholders CIPA, the UK is acceding to CPTPP on terms which do not threaten European Patent Convention membership, and which promote international harmonisation of patent laws, another long-standing IP Federation goal. This is a successful outcome for UK plc, and the wider UK patent profession.
Bobby's career has mostly been spent in the physics field, obtaining and defending patent protection for new products, processes and services globally. He gained a first degree in Natural Sciences (specialising in Physics) from Cambridge University in 1990, and then a Doctorate Degree (D.Phil.) on High Temperature Superconductors from Oxford University in 1995. He has published various research papers in leading Scientific Journals during that time, and during his work experience at the National Physical Laboratory.
Bobby has been named a Corporate IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property every year since 2015. He received the Legal 500 UK individual of the Year 2019 award for IP. He has been listed on the IAM Strategy 300: World’s leading IP Strategists (2022, 2023 and 2024).
In his spare time, Bobby enjoys spending time with friends and family, travelling, and closely following cricket.
Who's it for?
These informal get-togethers are for anyone, especially IP & ME supporters and allies. Whatever your role and career level, if you work near or with the IP sector, we would love for you to join us!
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