NAIPA conference
IP Administrators

April 24, 2025 - Oslo

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Join us for the annual NAIPA Conference, a must-attend event designed specifically for IP paralegals. Spend a full day immersed in exciting presentations by entusiastic speakers specialized in different areas of patent, trademark, and design law. Whether you're looking to sharpen your skills or gain fresh insights, this conference offers the perfect platform. The day will culminate in a three-course networking dinner, giving you the chance to connect with fellow professionals and expand your IP network.

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Speakers

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Lucie Jones

Lucie has 20 years of international IP experience (UK, France, Japan, New Zealand). She is praised for proactive, accurate, and responsive support—especially in managing patent portfolios. Her expertise spans UK, European, US, PCT, and global patent prosecution, EPO oppositions/appeals, and US/India disclosure requirements. She has worked with a variety of clients, from large multinationals to individual inventors, covering medical devices, biotechnology, sustainable energy, telecoms, and payments tech.

Lucie earned the European Patent Administration Certification (EPAC) in 2022, holds a CIPA Certificate in Patent Administration, and has a Master’s in Art History from Paris Sorbonne University. A native French speaker, she was elected to the CIPA Paralegal Committee in 2024.

Petter Westnes

Petter Westnes is currently the Head of Transformation Office and IP at Laerdal Medical AS. Prior to taking on this role, he was the CEO of Protector IP AS – one of Norway's leading IP firms. He led Protector for three years before merging with Bryn Aarflot AS in 2023.

Petter has worked with IP in various positions for more than 15 years and have extensive experience from both the buyer and seller side of IP services. He is renowned as a leading IP strategist in Norway – focusing on how IP can be used to support business objectives.

Lucy Headington-Horton

Lucy Headington-Horton is a senior legal Officer with the Madrid Legal Division, Brands and Designs Sector at WIPO. She provides legal advice, support and training to members, users and other stakeholders of the Madrid System, and assists IP Offices preparing to accede to the Madrid Protocol. Prior to joining WIPO in 2016, Lucy was a trademarks lawyer for many years, in private practice and in-house, working in the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong, China. Her experience in private practice centered around advising clients on global trademark protection strategies, commercial agreements, enforcement and maintenance.

Lyndsey Hall

Lyndsey Hall is an experienced IP professional from northern England, dedicated to helping businesses optimize their intellectual property. After qualifying as a US paralegal, she returned to England in 2006 and obtained CIPA, EPO, and CITMA paralegal certifications. She recently earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property from Bournemouth University and is on track to qualify as a UK Trade Mark attorney this summer. Lyndsey actively champions paralegal education, serving on CITMA’s Paralegal Education Committee to promote ongoing professional development.

Paula Gallego

Paula has more than 10 years of experience in patent formalities, working in either in-house department as well as law firms in Spain and The Netherlands. Her duties diversify between monitoring of deadlines and filing of responses and new cases between the relevant patent offices, the supervision of due diligence procedures, cross checking responsibilities and management of the formalities team. She has completed a Master in Intellectual Property with Universidad de Barcelona, and is a certified European and UK patent administrator.

Kathrine Myhre

Kathrine Myhre is Director General of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, a position she took up on in 2021. She has, over the years, built organisations and a broad network, nationally and internationally, and is a confident speaker within her fields of expertise. Kathrine has initiated and led a wide range of strategic and innovative processes and projects and holds several strategic board positions, such as vice chair of the board of the Norwegian Export Strategy Council.

Petter Andrésen

Petter Andrésen is an experienced IP professional with nearly 25 years in both law firm and in-house positions. Currently heading the patent administration team at Bryn Aarflot, he draws on a strong background in IP portfolio management gained from his time as a patent administrator and IP Operations Manager at Yara International.

Petter is a certified paralegal both by the EPO (EPAC) and EUIPO (ETMD EP). He actively supports continuous learning and professional growth in the IP paralegal community by facilitating study groups and serving on the board of the Norwegian Association of IP Administrators (NAIPA).

Trine H. Nicholson

Trine Hvammen Nicholson is a lawyer working in Legal and International Affairs at NIPO. She took part in the negotiations of the Design Law Treaty in Riyadh in November last year. She is currently in the team at NIPO preparing the transposition of the new EU Design Directive in Norway, and also heads Velg Ekte, the Norwegian anti-counterfeiting project organized by the government. Prior to this she has many years of experience from the Trade mark department at NIPO and also represents Norway and NIPO extensively internationally at WIPO and the EUIPO.

Mat Kilbey

Mat spent 7 years working across a range of London’s leading attorney and law firms, as first a trademark paralegal, then moving into the patent paralegal world before his final role combined both aspects. Through his experience, Mat then moved to a leading IP and Technology Consulting firm to help build out IP focused software solutions, involved in the sales, marketing and customer service process, that ultimately helped contribute to high profile M&As. More recently, Mat has focused on expansion of IP solutions to the Academic and Research Institutions across Europe and the Middle East, though still engages regularly with the corporate clients and law firms.

Penelope Aspinall

Penelope has over 30 years’ experience as a counsellor, psychotherapist and trainer, working in a range of settings, including Zeneca (Huddersfield), Arla Foods, the NHS and in private practice as a counsellor, trainer and organisational mental health consultant. However, most of her career has been spent working in Higher Education, most recently at the University of Bradford as Head of Disability, Counselling and Mental Health. She has been working with Jonathan’s Voice since 2019 and joined them as Mental Health Consultant and Lead trainer in early 2022.

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SCHEDULE

09:00 - Opening Remarks
Petter Andrésen, VP NAIPA and Head of Patent Administration at Bryn Aarflot AS (NO), and

Kathrine Myhre, Director General at NIPO (NO)

09:15 - Madrid System: Latest Developments
Lucy Headington-Horton, Senior Legal Officer at WIPO (UK)

10:30 - Use Requirements for U.S. Trademarks
Lyndsey Hall, IP Specialist at Hepworth Browne (UK)

11:30 - Design Updates Internationally

Trine Hvammen Nicholson, Senior Advisor at NIPO (NO)

12:00 - Lunch Buffet

13:00 - A European Patent Paralegal's Guide to the IDS

Lucie Jones, Paralegal (EPAC) at Mewburn Ellis (UK)

13:45 - Cost Reductions for SME's - What Patent Paralegals Need to Know

Paula Gallego, Operations Manager Amsterdam at Plasseraud IP (NL)

14:45 - Expectations and Experiences working with External IP Paralegals

Petter Westnes, Head of Transformation and IP at Laerdal Medical (NO)

15:30 - Mental Health and Stress Management for IP Paralegals
Penelope Aspinall, Mental Health Consultant at Jonathan's Voice (UK)

16:00 - IP Paralegal Career Paths
Mat Kilby, Account Executive at Wellspring Worldwide (UK)

17:00 - Three-course Networking Dinner

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NAIPA members will be invoiced after the event, together with renewal of their NAIPA membership.

Non-NAIPA members will receive their invoice shortly after registration. Invoices MUST be paid prior to the event.

We look forward to welcoming you to Oslo on April 24! For additional inquiries, please contact us at mail@naipa.no.

NAIPA conference
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April 24, 2025 - Oslo

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NAIPA conference
IP Administrators

April 24, 2025 - Oslo