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Meet the Managing IP team: James Nurton

Get to know Managing IP's managing editor, James Nurton

James Nurton

James is responsible for coordinating Managing IP’s editorial team, planning editorial coverage and editing articles. He also works on our seminars, webinars and awards dinners, and edits our conference newspapers including the INTA Daily News and AIPPI Congress News.

He attends many IP-related events, often as a moderator/chair, and has interviewed most of the leading figures in IP over the past 20 years. He is a member of the MARQUES Communications and Membership Team and contributes a monthly interview to OHIM’s Alicante News.

James studied history at Oxford University and Birkbeck College, London, writing a dissertation on Gandhi. He joined Managing IP in 1996. He lives in south London with his wife Rebecca and cat Agnes and enjoys travelling, cooking, going to plays and concerts, playing and watching cricket and cycling to and from the office. He is also a trustee of two local charities.

Recent articles: How to survive multinational patent litigation, Brand owners share their TLD strategies, Battistelli and Kongstad respond to EPO criticisms, Protecting nation brands and country names.


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