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James Skelton
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Key note speak­er James Skel­ton pre­sent­ed at the Mer­i­tas Asia Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty Prac­tice Group meeting 

James Skel­ton was the spe­cial guest pre­sen­ter at last night’s Mer­i­tas Asia Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty Prac­tice Group meet­ing, which includ­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Khai­tan & Co, Joyce Tan & Part­ners, Koji­ma Law, Broad & Bright, Law­Plus, AccraLaw and K1 Cham­ber LLP. James shared with the Asia Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty Prac­tice Group details about Swaab’s IP and Tech­nol­o­gy prac­tice and the IP trends and devel­op­ments in Australia. 

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