Tony Rollins
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Strategy Advisor, Business Europe
Tony obtained a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Dundee and qualified as a UK and European Patent Attorney in 1978.
He worked initially in the Patent Departments of Beecham Group and the Wellcome Foundation Ltd.
In 1995 he moved to Amersham International plc., as a Vice President and the head of the intellectual property group.
In 2004 he moved to Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) where he was Managing Counsel of the European patent group
and latterly also of the Japanese patent group. In March 2014, he started his own consultancy business, Rollins IP Strategies Ltd..
Tony is active in in promoting improvements to the patent system, primarily through industry associations.
He is a past chair of the ABPI IP group and was a member of BusinessEurope’s and Efpia’s patent committees
and has represented and led BusinessEurope delegations in patent harmonisation discussions.
He has also represented BusinessEurope on the EPO Academy Academic Advisory Board and as an observer on the Academy Supervisory Board.
He has also been a Vice President of AIPPI UK and was the President of the UK Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys for the year 2016/7.
Tony is the current President of the Global Network of National Intellectual Property Practitioner Associations.