Ari Laakkonen

Powell Gilbert LLP

85 Fleet Street
London
UK
EC4Y 1AE
(+44) 20 3040 8000 
ari.laakkonen@powellgilbert.com

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London (Firms)
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (Band 4)

Profile

Practice Areas: Ari specialises in electronic patent litigation and disputes, as well as advising on licensing, general IP related competition law matters, including trade marks, designs and copyright and providing general strategic multi-jurisdictional advice. Has a huge breadth of experience in the electronics, telecoms and other sectors, derived from his in-depth technical knowledge and from experience both in-house and independent legal counsel.

Professional Memberships: Ari is a council member of AIPPI UK; British Computer Society; AIPLA.

Career: Trained Linklaters & Paines; qualified 1997; made partner at Powell Gilbert 2009. Linklaters 1995-2003; Nokia 2003-07; Bird & Bird 2008; Powell Gilbert 2009 to date.

Publications: Various including Managing IP.

Personal: Born 1966. Educated King's College London (1990 BSc Hons, first- class); Imperial College (1995 PhD); College of Law (CPE, LPC); Bristol University (Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 2001 LLM).