Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, MTOM, PhD, is Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Surrey School of Law (UK); Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Partner at Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan, LLP; and a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS. He is author of The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law as well as Editor of Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence. Prof. Abbott has published widely on issues associated with life sciences and intellectual property in leading legal, medical, and scientific books and journals, and his research has been featured prominently in the popular press, including The Times of London, New York Times, Financial Times, and other media outlets. He has worked as an expert for, among others, UK Parliament, European Commission, World Health Organization (WHO), and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Prof. Abbott is a licensed physician and patent attorney in the US and a solicitor advocate in England and Wales. He can be reached at drryanabbott@gmail.com or via www.ryanabbott.com.