Daniel Hermele

Living and Working with Imperfect IP Laws

Day 2, afternoon, Panel Discussion 3

How the patent system works in the ICT sector to drive innovation, creativity and collaboration to bring advanced technologies to market and to enable new ecosystems despite supposed problems with the patent system.

Daniel Hermele is Director of IPR and Licensing for Qualcomm Europe. He is frequently involved in policy discussions about licensing of IPR in the ICT sector and the relationship between IPR and standardisation. Prior to joining Qualcomm in 2008, Daniel worked in private practice and in-house for Nortel where he was IP Regional Lead, EMEA. He is a barrister of England and Wales and a European and British patent attorney. He obtained a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and a Masters degree in Law both from the University of Bristol in England.