Dr Kevin Scott works for Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, where he leads a global team of licensing professionals in licensing Philips patents to third parties in technical areas including telecommunications (UMTS/LTE/5G) and television. Dr Scott has over 20 years’ experience in licensing standard essential patents (SEPs) to companies large and small and has extensive experience in multinational litigation of SEPs. Before joining the IP profession in 1997, Dr Scott worked at Philips research laboratories in the creation of computer simulation programs.

Dr Scott’s technical background is in electrical engineering (with a PhD from University College London) and physics (with a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University). He is a UK Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney, Vice President of the UK’s IP Federation, and is included as a top practitioner in IAM’s Strategy 300, 2024 and 2025.