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Ari Laakkonen

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Powell Gilbert LLP

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Intellectual property.

Position

Specialises in electronics patent litigation and IT disputes, as well as advising on general IP matters, including trade marks, designs and copyright and providing general strategic advice. Has a huge breadth of experience in the IT and telecoms sector derived from his in-depth technical knowledge and from experience as both in-house and independent legal counsel.

Career

Career: Trained Linklaters & Paines; qualified 1997; made partner at Powell Gilbert 2009. Linklaters 1995-2003; Nokia 2003-07; Bird & Bird 2008; Powell Gilbert LLP 2009 to date. He is a council member of AIPPI UK.

Member

Member: Law Society; British Computer Society; AIPPI UK.

Education

Education: King’s College London (1990 BSc Hons, first-class); Imperial College (1995 PhD); Bristol University (2001 LLM).

Leisure

Leisure: Lansdowne Club.

Practice Areas

Information technology; Intellectual property

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