Alison Orr

Dr Alison Orr is an accomplished IP Strategist and Consultant with a career spanning 25+ years in the IP and innovation industry, including IP private practice, IP valuation, multinational law firm, multi-partner & international project management and delivery, new product design, consultancy and education.

She holds a life sciences degree and DPhil from the University of Oxford and professional IP qualifications. She started her IP career in IP private practice advising local and international clients on all types of Registered and Unregistered IPRs, including Patent, Trade Mark, Design and Copyright issues, gaining experience in the preparation and prosecution of UK, European, International (PCT) and foreign patent applications and pre- and post-grant patent issues, including hearings before the European Patent Office. This provided the tools to work with innovators and businesses from all technology disciplines on technology evaluation for the purpose of patent protection to tender or marketing collateral writing and the like.

Alison has also delivered multi-national innovation management and international trade projects, training and advisory work for businesses, SMEs, incubators, universities, high street banks, local and international stakeholders, government bodies and international organisations including the European Commission, EUIPO, WIPO, UKIPO and IPOS.

She helps businesses, innovators and organisations protect, develop and unlock the value of their intellectual property through practical, commercially-focused advice.

Services include:

•IP strategy and IP audits

•Technology evaluation and due diligence

•Commercialisation support

•Grant writing and grant review

•Innovation programme design, management and delivery

•Education and training on identifying, managing and valuing intangible assets

•Support relating to IP finance and debt funding

ADAPT was founded in 2021 in the US by Amazon, Cruise, Disney, Google, LOT Network, Meta, and Microsoft in order to provide a platform for sharing best DEI practices in the IP industry. The core idea of ADAPT is to scale individual company/firm DEI programmes to impact the entire industry, and to make such DEI programmes more accessible. ADAPT achieves this through guidance and mentorship programmes connecting IP professionals with like-minded companies and firms. ADAPT has also built a platform, which provides a database of DEI programmes and templates for companies and law firms to jump start their DEI journey. Alison has been a founding member of ADAPT Europe, leading a team delivering a pilot mentoring programmes, which has successfully placed mentees in IP jobs.

I3PM is a neutral body comprising international IP experts that supports the implementation of quality and standards of IP management. Alison is a co-chair of the I3PM IP training and education committee alongside Magnus Hakvåg.