Christina Petersson is chief IP officer and head of IP rights and licensing at Ericsson, where she is responsible for patent development and patent licensing worldwide. Ericsson is one of the leading providers of information and communication technology to service providers. It invests heavily in R&D as a leading contributor to open standards. With more than 60,000 granted patents, Ericsson has the industry’s leading patent portfolio, covering 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards. Previously, Ms Petersson was vice president and head of IP rights legal affairs at Ericsson. In this role, which she held from 2011 to 2019, Ms Petersson had an active role in licensing negotiations and was responsible for concluding licence agreements with the vast majority of Ericsson’s licensees. Ms Petersson has worked at Ericsson since 1998, when she started her career as a trademark attorney. She has an LLM from Uppsala University in Sweden.