Thomas Ewing

At AWA, Tom advises both technology and non-technology companies regarding various aspects of IP strategies and assists investors obtain a better understanding of the IP assets of their investments and investment targets. Tom counsels commercial entities of all sizes, as well as venture capital and private equity firms. During his career, Tom has advised international organizations, government agencies, universities, multinational corporations and financial institutions. Tom has been recognized as one of the world’s 250 best IP strategists by IAM Magazine in every edition of its IAM 250/300 list since its inception in 2009. Tom has represented a wide range of technology companies during his career, including Alcatel-Lucent, Apertio, Apple, Ceva, Cisco, eBay, Honda, Intuit, Listen (Rhapsody), Micron, NEC, Netflix, Samsung, Sharp, Tribune Media Services, and Paul Allen’s Vulcan, Inc. He has also represented investors such as Accel Partners, Amadeus, the Environmental Technologies Fund, HgCapital, Kleiner Perkins, and Oak Investment Partners in more than one billion euro in technology investments. Tom authored the World Intellectual Property Organization’s textbook and course materials for an international patent agent training program. The textbook has been translated into six languages and used in dozens of training courses by WIPO staff.

Tom has personally trained patent agents from nearly 40 countries and led WIPO training courses in India, Singapore, Switzerland, Poland, Thailand, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Zimbabwe. Tom also authored a course for WIPO in intellectual property valuation and trained students in valuation from nearly 15 countries. Tom has lectured on intellectual property and commercial law at universities worldwide.