Expert Advisory Groups
In August 2010, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) announced a programme to build economic research and evidence for IP policy. This brought together work underway in the IPO and work by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP). The programme of research and its outputs are available for public scrutiny on our IP Research page.
To ensure that the work programme is properly informed and meets the needs of the user community, industry, academia and policy makers, the IPO must have constructive independent challenge. To do this, the IPO established three informal Expert Advisory Groups (EAGs) to discuss issues on copyright, trade marks and design rights, and trade and development. A fourth group to discuss patents is being established. Each EAG is made up of representatives from industry, academia and the user community to provide commentary and peer review on all aspects of the research programme. The EAGs are given the opportunity to comment on the methodology for specific projects, to identify policy implications from the research outputs, to provide peer review, and to develop options for future research. The EAGs do not comment on the development of IPO or broader Government policy in these areas.
The EAGs are supported by a small secretariat from the IPO's Economics, Research and Evidence (ERE) team and complemented through the participation of IPO and wider Government policy officials depending upon the topic for discussion. Membership is on a voluntary and unpaid basis, and the EAGs will last for a maximum of two years. Since their establishment in early 2011 they have provided valuable input to the research outputs and to the development of the 2011-12 work programme.
EAG - Membership Criteria
- Ability and willingness to bring fresh ideas and new perspectives to the debate;
- Expertise and breadth of knowledge of subject area;
- Trust and respect of peers, through engagement in the respective field;
- Ability and willingness to work constructively with those of an opposing viewpoint;
- Ability and willingness to consult with and feed back from their respective networks;
- Ability and willingness to act as a champion for the IPO research programme and its outputs.
Trade and Development Expert Advisory Group
Members:
| Table contains a list of members of the trade and development expert advisory group. Read down the first column to find member names and across the row to find the organisation they represent. | |
| Ha-Joon Chang | Cambridge University |
| Hannah Chaplin | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
| Tony Clayton | Intellectual Property Office |
| Charles Clift | Consultant |
| Tony Creaton | Intellectual Property Office |
| Johanna Gibson | Intellectual Property Office |
| David Humphries | Intellectual Property Office |
| Carol Jenkins | Intellectual Property Office |
| Jill Johnstone | Consumer Focus |
| Jonathan Lingham | Department for International Development |
| Vanessa Marsland | Clifford Chance |
| Duncan Matthews | Queen Mary College London |
| Ben Mitra-Kahn | Intellectual Property Office |
| Anthony Morris | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
| John Piper | Department for International Development |
| Gwilym Roberts | Kilburn & Strode |
| Bill Russell | Intellectual Property Office |
Trade Marks and Design Rights Expert Advisory Group
Members:
| Table contains a list of members of the trade marks and design rights expert advisory group. Read down the first column to find member names and across the row to find the organisation they represent. | |
| Tony Clayton | Intellectual Property Office |
| Brigid Feeny | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
| Dawn Franklin | Brandright |
| Rose Geeson | Intellectual Property Office |
| Christine Greenhalgh | Oxford University |
| David Humphries | Intellectual Property Office |
| Phillip Johnson | Barrister and Visiting Senior Fellow, Queen Mary |
| Joe Manning | Design Council |
| Janette McNeill | Intellectual Property Office |
| Ben Mitra-Kahn | Intellectual Property Office |
| David Musker | Jenkins |
| John Noble | British Brands Group |
| Andrew Smith | Intellectual Property Office |
| Bruce Tether | Imperial College London |
| Bill Trott | Intellectual Property Office |
| Jan Vleck | Reddie & Grose |
Copyright Research Expert Advisory Group
Members:
| Table contains a list of members of the copyright research expert advisory group. Read down the first column to find member names and across the row to find the organisation they represent. | |
| Hasan Bakhshi | National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) |
| Adrian Brazier | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Ian Christie | Birkbeck College London |
| Tony Clayton | Intellectual Property Office |
| Adam C Cooper | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tony Creaton | Intellectual Property Office |
| David Humphries | Intellectual Property Office |
| Martin Kretschmer | Bournemouth University |
| Ben Mitra-Kahn | Intellectual Property Office |
| Nick Munn | Intellectual Property Office |
| Will Page | PRS for Music |
| John Robinson | Design and Artists' Copyright Society |
| Charlotte Waelde | Exeter University |
| Saskia Walzel | Consumer Focus |
| Ben White | British Library |