Robert Braun leads the regional licensing teams for Patent Business at Nokia Technologies, the company’s licensing arm. Through sustained R&D and contributions to standards, Nokia has one of the industry’s broadest and strongest IP portfolios. With more than 150 licensees, Nokia Technologies reported revenues of around €1.5 billion in 2018. Mr Braun joined Nokia in 2014 as Head of Licensing US and Americas before assuming his current role in 2017. Rob has almost 30 years’ experience in patent licensing, working in related roles for Discovision, Intellectual Ventures and Microsoft before joining Nokia. Rob’s undergraduate degree is in Computer Science from Clarkson University, with a Juris Doctorate degree from Syracuse University School of Law. A registered US Patent Attorney licensed to practice in California, Washington DC and New York, he has taught licensing at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and spoken at venues including IPBC, LES, IP Law and Management Institute, USC, Whittier Law School, and the California State Bar conference.