Douglas Gordon, head of Intellectual Property / UK Strategy & Technology, Leonardo UK

25 June 2025NewsPatentsSarah Speight

Defending the realm: How a key MoD supplier crafts its IP strategy

With recent uplifts in funding for defence in the UK and Europe, Sarah Speight sits down with Gordon Douglas of Leonardo UK to hear what that means for IP at the multinational aerospace, defence and security company.

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