

Peter Allan
Chairman of the Board of the Federation Against Software Theft
Peter Allan
Chairman of the Board of the Federation
Peter was one of the first Computer Science graduates in the UK and holds postgraduate degrees in Computer Science and Psychology.
Having worked initially as a University lecturer, then in Senior IT roles Peter started his first business in the 1980’s. This company eventually became part of a group which did a very successful full stock market listing. Peter returned to the SME world in 2002, turnaround a failing IT business, successfully doing a high value Trade sale.
Peter has his own property business both in the UK and mainland Europe.

Dawn Osborne
Legal Counsel and Chair of FAST Legal Advisory Group
Dawn Osborne
Counsel & Chair of FAST Legal Advisory Group
Oxbridge educated, Dawn Osborne has over 30 years’ experience as an IP lawyer, having qualified in the City and has been a partner for over twenty years in top tier IP boutique firms. She is primarily involved in litigation, advice and mediation. She has been consistently ranked in the Legal 500 for her IP work. She has recently been recommended as an IP STAR by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine based on client or peer reviews. She was given an award by INTA the international trade mark association for an outstanding contribution to the organisation.
Dawn’s extensive expertise covers trademarks, copyright, designs, internet law and confidentiality/privacy. She is a board member of the Federation Against Software Theft and head of FLAG their legal action group, a qualified CI Arb Mediator and an INTA neutral. She has a particular reputation as an Internet lawyer being an expert in domain name resolution for WIPO, NAF, Nominet and for the .eu and UDRP procedures of the CAC and extensive experience in entertainment (publishing, music, film, theatre and sport), media, fashion, and luxury goods including high end jewellery, watches and motor vehicles. She has a national and international reputation and made partner in 2000 when she was seven years qualified. She is a Solicitor Advocate and in her spare time has studied history of art, world arts and culture and anthropology and edited the magazine of a major British museum. Personable and down to earth her interest in music has spun off into a regular radio show where she has interviewed rock legends such as Suzi Quatro and Steve Hackett of Genesis. She has lectured at international conferences with audiences as large as 5000.
Highlights
- Acting as an expert in UK copyright law in US proceedings involving Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
- Leading Partner for successful case in the Court of Appeal for BMW against Technosport.
- Leading Partner for successful High Court case Oran v Oranmore
- Author of the UK Chapter of the Oxford University Press publication and text book ‘Domain Name Law and Practice: an international handbook.’

Richard Atkinson
Board Member
Richard Atkinson
Board Member
Broadly recognized as an expert in building a comprehensive business-oriented response to product piracy, Richard used to lead Adobe’s company-wide strategy to expand the business through conversion from piracy. This includes guiding the efforts to “understand” the pirate-consumer’s activities and attitudes, suppressing piracy through corrective actions, and competing better with piracy through increased value proposition across all elements of the business. A C-level executive with 25+ years leading world-class teams, Richard’s prior roles included developing Disney’s global business response to piracy, CTO and technology innovator for famed Walt Disney Imagineering, CIO for Walt Disney Studios, Chief Communications Technologist for defence giant Northrop Grumman, and CSO for Electronic Arts focused on cyber-threat. An accomplished keynote speaker and spokesperson for industry on technical innovation, product security, and cyber security, Richard also served as a White House and NSC briefer to multiple presidential administrations and top foreign leaders.