Ian Hartwell is a practising European Patent Attorney and Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Engineering, Cranfield University where he leads the Engineering Intellectual Property Research Unit.  His research interests intellectual property risk management and intellectual property portfolio structure, in particular data and tools to help IP managers and legal advisors made the best IP decisions for their engineering business clients.  He received his PhD in intellectual property management from the R&D Management Centre in the School of Engineering, Cranfield University, and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management, Bournemouth University.

A Chartered Engineer, Ian has worked as a technologist at Rolls-Royce Aero Engines, as an examiner in automotive technology at the European Patent Office, Munich, and as in-house IP Manager for Cambridge microtechnology companies Xaar and CDT.  He currently consults with patent and trademark attorneys Maguire Boss.

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