Nikos is a Senior Patent Attorney with MacLachlan & Donaldson. He is specialising in the protection of industry 4.0 innovations, and regularly advises on the topics of innovation harvesting, Intellectual Property Protection Strategy (IPPS), and IP assets monetisation. Before becoming a Patent Attorney, Nikos was part of the R&D team that put the foundations in the fabrication of Three-Dimensional (3D)- Semiconductor Integrated Circuits, which paved the way for the development of the Through Silicon Via’ (TSV) DDR4 memory currently used in next-generation HPC systems and graphics cards. He holds a PhD and Masters in Microelectronics, and he is the author of several highly regarded peer-review papers in the fields of semiconductor manufacturing and electronics.
Talk Title: IoT & Industry 4.0 – how to protect your innovations in the era of automation.