Belinda Gascoyne Dr

Chief Patent and Senior IP Counsel - EMEA and AP IBM

Belinda currently leads IBM's IP Law teams in Europe, MEA and AP (including Japan). Belinda is a dual-qualified Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney with a background in Physics and has wide practical experience in drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications as well as in IP strategy, patent management and copyright issues. Before joining IBM in 2004, Belinda worked in private practice in London. She became a manager in 2010, Head of the UK IP Law department in 2011, Head of the EMEA IP Law team and Senior Counsel in 2018 and took on her current role, leading also the AP IP Law teams, in April 2022. Belinda is also actively involved in IP policy matters and is a former President and current Council member of the IP Federation, and has been named for several years running by Managing IP as one of its “Corporate IP Stars”.