Luis Ignacio Vicente, current Strategic Advisor of PONS IP, has been included in the prestigious list of the three hundred most influential professionals in the world, known as IAM 300 The World’s Leading IP Strategits 2023. This important ranking, which includes only Spanish 8 executives this year, has been choosing since 2009 the main leaders of companies from the private sector as well as from consulting and other specialised service providers in the main industrial property markets in North America, Europe and Asia.

The enormous prestige of these three hundred professionals included in the ranking of this 2023 edition is mainly based on the method of election: they have all been chosen by unsolicited nomination among their own professional colleagues. Furthermore, it is an important recognition that the value of the work of Luis Ignacio Vicente and the rest of the business leaders has been classified as “truly strategic for the creation of value through industrial property“, according to the editorial responsible for the directory.

At a corporate level, the appearance of the PONS IP Strategic Advisor in 300 The World’s Leading IP Strategits 2023 highlights the current scope of the services of the IP consultancy firm and, under the leadership of Luis Ignacio Vicente, shows the capacity of PONS IP in supporting the development of IP strategies as a fundamental pillar of the global business strategy and boosting innovation with top-level international clients over the last year.

Luis Ignacio Vicente is thus once again recognised for more than 30 years of experience leading one of the most notable domestic IP offices in the Spanish telecommunications sector, with a track record of more than 500 international R&D&I projects, managing a portfolio of brands and patents with a global annual R&D budget of more than 1 billion Euros and working with global partners in Europe, South America, the USA and Asia. In addition, Luis Ignacio has worked as a Board Member and Chief Innovation Officer at ASTI, currently the Mobile Robotics arm of ABB. As an expert in IP management in the digital world, Luis Ignacio is specialised in fields such as SEPs, telecommunications, software development, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing, covering the entire cycle of innovation cycle from conception to IP valorisation (financing, licensing strategies) including open innovation initiatives (M&A, R&D consortia, etc.). The Strategic Advisor of PONS IP holds a PhD in Physics, an Industrial Engineering degree, a degree in Innovation Management, a degree in Telecommunications Economics, a Master’s degree in Science and Technology Analysis and Management and a Diploma in European Communities. Since July 2023, Luis Ignacio has been the academic coordinator of the course on WAIQ technologies at Harvard.

All ranking information here: https://go.iam-media.com/IAM-Strategy-300-2023pdf