Haakon Thue Lie is co-founder and partner of Leogriff AS, Norway’s premiere IP Management firm. Leogriff does IP Management work for research institutes, via startups and small businesses, to established companies and their internal IP departments. Haakon specializes in IP strategy and management for IT, telecom and media, Open Source Software, innovation processes, branding, trademarks, design, IP in project management, litigation support and trade secrets.

Haakon holds an M.Sc.  in Telematics from NTNU. He is a European Patent Attorney and a European Trademark Attorney. Haakon has over 20 years of IP Management experience and is currently working on a PhD in trade secrets.