Benita Mackay

Patent Advisor
Bryn Aarflot

Benita is an IP advisor based in Norway, specialising in AI and patents. She has a PhD in applying AI to physics and medicine, and is passionate about increasing diversity across AI and IP fields. She frequently speaks at innovation events, explaining how IP rights can protect AI researchers and power startups using AI, and how AI is impacting the IP world. 

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Martina Johannesson
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Rikke V. Stoltz
Rikke V. Stoltz

Rikke V. Stoltz

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Mie Hvas

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