We are delighted to present you with the launch edition of The Women’s IP World Annual 2019/2020, celebrating women at all levels working in IP Law and Innovation. From the very beginning, the response and feedback we had was amazing, and we would like to thank all of the incredible women involved. Our aim was to celebrate a group of diverse women, from all over the globe, showcasing their achievements and also their personalities to inspire and inform. We have taken an unbiased approach and kept the articles & profiles as authentic as possible, to keep the author's own personal style. This has resulted in a cocktail of inspirational women coming together to share thoughts, ideas, and experience positively. We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we have enjoyed putting it together. Ms. Elvin Hassan Editor & Head of International liaisons

It has been a fantastic year for The Global IP Matrix magazine, thanks to all the efforts made by our contributors and to you, the reader for your continued support. We take great pleasure in putting together each issue of this publication, and we sincerely hope you enjoy this final issue of 2019. We have again, collaborated with some of the world's most influential IP law firms and businesses to bring you another eclectic mix of content, direct from the professionals working at ground level. We are already excited for the coming year and cannot wait to continue growing and evolving in our partnerships to bring you some exciting new features for 2020. Ms. Elvin Hassan Editor & Head of international liaisons

We are delighted to present the fourth issue of The Global IP Matrix magazine to you, our loyal readers. We have had an amazing year and grown immensely in popularity since our launch of the GIP Matrix at INTA in Seattle in 2018. When we first launched the Global IP Matrix our main goal was to produce an IP publication like no other to educate and captivate our audience with raw, undiluted news reported to you by world-renowned IP professionals from all over the globe (who are experts at knowing how the land lies in the global IP world) and we have achieved this! Over the last year, we have continued to work with leading IP law firms and service providers to ensure our publication has something for everyone with an involvement in this very interesting industry. We hope that you really enjoy this issue and many more to come. Thank you all, for helping us in exceeding our expectations. From all of us at & The Global IP Matrix & Northon’s Media, PR & Marketing Ltd

Hello & welcome to the third issue of our publication. What a fantastic year it has been for us here at The Global IP Matrix! Firstly, we would like to thank all our clients that have taken the time out of their busy schedules to participate in our magazine this year & more importantly YOU the reader for picking up a copy at the international conferences we have had the pleasure of attending during 2018. We launched The Global IP Matrix at INTA in Seattle, earlier this year and our publication has been going from strength to strength thanks to YOU, our global audience and all our contributors. We have strived to give our readers up to date knowledge on IP issues globally, without pigeonholing our editorial content & focusing on one particular area of intellectual property law. We have persisted with our itinerary & produced some fantastic issues this year that we hope you have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy. We look forward to future issues! Happy New Year, may 2019 be a prosperous new year for you all, From everyone at, Northon’s Media & The Global IP Matrix team.

Thank you for downloading this copy of Global IP Matrix magazine”. We are elated with the reception & feedback our magazine has had since our launch during the INTA Conference in Seattle in May 2018. We have strived to ensure that this issue is also packed full of current content & issues from some of the world’s leading IP law firms and businesses. We endeavour to bring you a new, contemporary magazine with interesting articles from all over the globe with topics and issues that will educate you in all things IP and also keep you wanting to read & know more. We would like to thank all of our contributors and all our subscribers from all over the world who are reading our new publication and spreading the word. Thank you! Look out for the next one! Elvin Hassan Senior Editor - Global IP Matrix

The Global IP Matrix is a brand new Intellectual property law magazine with a difference. We have designed a less formal looking, impressive and eye-catching publication with the 'off the shelf' appeal that still holds vital up to date literature and features that will keep you wanting to read more. We have collaborated with two of the world's leading IP Law firms to bring you an IP magazine designed and overseen by lawyers for lawyers. After spending many years in IP and attending hundreds of conferences all over the world we are very aware of our audience and their needs so we are confident that this new publication will supply you with the right content and keep you interested. Regular content will consist of: • Interview feature or featured articles • Independent columnists • Q&A's • Law firm profiles • Movers and shakers + much more