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TPN North America 2024

October 2024

HGF are proud to be Gold Sponsors of TPN North America 2024.

TPN North America 2024 will be held in San Francisco on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th October 2024. This industry-leading event will provide the platform to meet with industry leaders and stay ahead of new developments, and ground-breaking discussions about best practices in IP leadership, strategy and innovation.

Our Head of Electronics, Chris Benson will be moderating the panel ‘International IP protection strategies’. Our Patent Director Nick King will also be attending.

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Nick
King

Christopher
Benson

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