Ulrike Till

Ulrike Till

Dr. Ulrike Till is the director of the IP and Frontier Technologies Division at WIPO, where she leads work at the intersection of intellectual property and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, digitalization, and Industry 4.0.

She is a dual-qualified intellectual property lawyer, an English solicitor and German Rechtsanwältin, with extensive experience in complex international patent litigation, commercial negotiations, and competition law. Prior to joining WIPO, she worked both in private practice and in-house, managing global IP portfolios and high-stakes disputes for global pharmaceutical companies.

Dr Till brings a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective, combining a PhD in Chemistry, an MBA from the University of Oxford, and a career spanning science, law, and business. This hybrid background enables her to translate complex technological and legal challenges into practical, globally relevant solutions.

At WIPO, she focuses on the policy implications of frontier technologies, and in particular AI, and their impact on the creative and innovation systems worldwide. She often describes her role as “building the future in real time” making it, in her view, one of the “coolest jobs in IP today”.

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    World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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    Director, IP and Frontier Technologies Division
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