Gordon Wright Council Member

Elkington and Fife LLP, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR

M.A.(Oxon.); DPhil.(Oxon.);CPA; EPA;. Registered 25 August, 1985.

Professional career: 1982 – 1995: Fisons plc, IP Department; 1996 – 2000: Global Head of Intellectual Property, Sanofi, then Sanofi-Synthelabo, Paris; 2000 – present: Elkington and Fife LLP 2000 to date; partner since 2001.

Services to Institute: Seminars on chemical patenting, 2005, 2006.

Services to the profession outside the Institute: Tutor for many years on Finals and EQE Exams; lecturer, QM course on EQE (paper C); lecturer at dozens of conferences, symposia and seminars on patents and trade marks, particularly in relation to the pharmaceutical industry. Former director, TMPDF, former member of ABPI IP committee, former chairman, EFPIA working group on trade marks.