People
Rouse has a wide range of IP professionals, including lawyers, patent and trade mark attorneys and specialist IP investigators, combined with a real depth of international IP experience.
People
| Luke Minford (Executive) | |||
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Professional Experience
Luke is an Executive based in Rouse's London office. Before moving to the UK, he spent 14 years working as an IP specialist in China, the last six as head of our China practice. Luke has a wide range of experience dealing with IP protection and enforcement in the Peoples Republic of China. This includes IP portfolio management on behalf of a number of multi-national brand owners; setting up and supervising regional protection programmes; establishing and managing an internal IP department on behalf of one of China's biggest consumer goods companies; establishing and managing coalitions of brand owners; advising and assisting in set up of comprehensive licensing programmes; and advising on a number of IP and non-IP related commercial issues in relation to foreign direct and indirect investment in China.
Luke is an Executive based in Rouse's London office. Before moving to the UK, he spent 14 years working as an IP specialist in China, the last six as head of our China practice. Luke has a wide range of experience dealing with IP protection and enforcement in the Peoples Republic of China. This includes IP portfolio management on behalf of a number of multi-national brand owners; setting up and supervising regional protection programmes; establishing and managing an internal IP department on behalf of one of China's biggest consumer goods companies; establishing and managing coalitions of brand owners; advising and assisting in set up of comprehensive licensing programmes; and advising on a number of IP and non-IP related commercial issues in relation to foreign direct and indirect investment in China.
Luke is listed as a world's leading strategist by IAM Strategy 250 in 2010.
Luke is highly recommended in the PLC Intellectual Property Handbook 2007-8 and commended for his work on IP protection and enforcement in Chambers Global:the World's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2007.
Professional Qualifications
BA (English)/LLB, University of Otago, New Zealand
Beijing Foreign Languages University Scholarship 1995
Languages other than English
Chinese (Mandarin)
BA (English)/LLB, University of Otago, New Zealand
Beijing Foreign Languages University Scholarship 1995
Languages other than English
Chinese (Mandarin)
Personal Interests
Luke is a keen sports person. He plays rugby in Hong Kong for the Typhoons and, when he can afford to, plays golf. Although born in the UK, Luke grew in Asia, spending most of his childhood in Mainland China and Hong Kong. This has led to an interest in Chinese literature and culture, especially contemporary authors currently writing from the Mainland.
Luke is a keen sports person. He plays rugby in Hong Kong for the Typhoons and, when he can afford to, plays golf. Although born in the UK, Luke grew in Asia, spending most of his childhood in Mainland China and Hong Kong. This has led to an interest in Chinese literature and culture, especially contemporary authors currently writing from the Mainland.
