Trainer/IP Neutral
Mr. Nicholas Lue Sue
Nicholas Lue Sue BSc MCMI PgCtIP RM CT is a consultant specialising in intellectual property strategy, policy, management, training and dispute resolution. With more than 25 years of professional experience spanning the public, private, and non-profit sectors, he advises organisations across the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, life sciences, creative, and education industries. He is a WIPO Certified Patent Drafter and Patent Agent, with expertise covering patent prosecution, prior art searching, patentability analysis, IP valuation, licensing, and trademark prosecution.
As a Trademark Agent, he has provided both strategic advice and full prosecution services on matters including the Trinidad and Tobago Fine or Flavour Cocoa and Trinidad and Tobago Trinitario Fine Flavour Cocoa Certification Marks. He was lead collaborator in the finalisation of the Caribbean Collective Management Organisation Regulations, developed in partnership with WIPO and adopted by CARICOM as regional best practice. He is a WIPO-recognised regional expert in collective management organisations. He is a trainer for the secondary, tertiary and professional education sub-sectors in IP law, management, policy and strategy.
At the Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago, he served as Chief Executive Officer and led the Licensing Department and Compliance and Enforcement Unit, directing litigation strategy and enforcement actions that achieved successful results in both criminal and civil proceedings. Under his leadership, licensing revenue doubled in five years.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of the West Indies and a Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from the University of London, and is a Certified WIPO Trainer, a Registered Mediator certified by the Mediation Board of Trinidad and Tobago, on the panel of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre’s neutrals and a Member of the Chartered Management Institute (UK). He operates through his consultancy, Exius IA Ltd, and serves as Vice President and Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Reprographic Rights Organisation. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at the Intellectual Property Office of Trinidad and Tobago.