Full Bio Simon Walker has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: physics and electricity. Professional Experience in Intellectual Property06/1998 to date: Various positions in the Nokia IPR Department (based in Tampere, Finland), including patent application drafting and prosecution, patent portfolio management, opposition defence, claim charting and technical support for licensing discussions and multi-national patent litigation. Current position: Senior Manager, SEP Technical Analysis (Multimedia), Nokia Technologies Oy; senior technical expert in video coding, speech coding and audio coding technologies. Professional Experience in Science08/1993 – 05/1998: Assistant Professor / Special Researcher, Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Research in bio-electromagnetism and teaching in International M.Sc. program in medical electronics and signal processing.06/1992 – 05/1993: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College, London, sponsored by the Epilepsy Research Foundation of Great Britain, researching the localization of epileptic foci using non-invasive magnetic and electrical recording techniques.04/1990 – 03/1992: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Imperial College, London, sponsored by the Science and Engineering Research Council of Great Britain, developing superconducting instrumentation for non-invasive magnetic recording of human cardiac and brain activity. EducationB.Sc. in Physics and Associateship of the Royal College of Science (A.R.C.S.), Imperial College, London, 1986Ph.D. in Physics and Diploma of Imperial College (D.I.C.), Imperial College, London University, 1990 / 1991European Patent Attorney, 2010 Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for Nokia Technologies Oy, Finland
Full Bio Simon Walker has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in the following areas: physics and electricity. Professional Experience in Intellectual Property06/1998 to date: Various positions in the Nokia IPR Department (based in Tampere, Finland), including patent application drafting and prosecution, patent portfolio management, opposition defence, claim charting and technical support for licensing discussions and multi-national patent litigation. Current position: Senior Manager, SEP Technical Analysis (Multimedia), Nokia Technologies Oy; senior technical expert in video coding, speech coding and audio coding technologies. Professional Experience in Science08/1993 – 05/1998: Assistant Professor / Special Researcher, Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Research in bio-electromagnetism and teaching in International M.Sc. program in medical electronics and signal processing.06/1992 – 05/1993: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College, London, sponsored by the Epilepsy Research Foundation of Great Britain, researching the localization of epileptic foci using non-invasive magnetic and electrical recording techniques.04/1990 – 03/1992: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Imperial College, London, sponsored by the Science and Engineering Research Council of Great Britain, developing superconducting instrumentation for non-invasive magnetic recording of human cardiac and brain activity. EducationB.Sc. in Physics and Associateship of the Royal College of Science (A.R.C.S.), Imperial College, London, 1986Ph.D. in Physics and Diploma of Imperial College (D.I.C.), Imperial College, London University, 1990 / 1991European Patent Attorney, 2010 Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for Nokia Technologies Oy, Finland