James is Head of SEP, advising on Standard-Essential Patents across all technology areas, including telecommunications, wireless, video and audio coding, and power. His practice focuses on advising clients on patent infringement and validity matters and the valuation and enforceability of SEP portfolios. He has been involved in a number of high profile litigation cases in the UK, US, and Germany; and in patent pool, licensing, acquisition and divestment transactions.
Before joining EIP James spent 18 years working as in-house patent counsel for Nokia and Hewlett-Packard in the UK, USA and Singapore. James is a qualified UK and European Patent Attorney and has previously practised before the USPTO, and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.
James has a first class degree in Physics from Bristol University, winning the Raychem prize for his final year project on photon scanning tunnelling microscopy.
Published articles
- May 2021
Finance Monthly, UK Patent Box Scheme Set To Become An Even More Valuable Tax Benefit (link) - March 2021
EIP Newsflash, UK Patent Box scheme set to become an even more valuable tax benefit (link) - September 2019
Intellectual Property Magazine, Battle Stations (link) - 31 October 2018
Intellectual Property Magazine, Boxed out (link)
Specialities
- Mobile telecommunications
- Electronics
- Standard-Essential Patents
Education and qualifications
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney, 2003
- European Patent Attorney, 2000
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2006
Business of IP, Scandinavian International Management Institute -
1995
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London -
1991 — 1994
B.Sc First Class Honours, Physics, University of Bristol
Career history
- 2012 — present
Partner, EIP - 2002 — 2012
Various including Head of Patenting Operations, Nokia - 1999 — 2002
IPR Counsel, Agilent Technologies - 1998 — 1999
IPR Counsel, Hewlett-Packard
Awards and recognition
- Ranked among world's leading IP strategists by IAM Strategy 300, 2017. (link)
Speaking engagements
- 12 November 2012
Tech City, Israeli Investment Forum (link)
Additional information
Memberships: AIPPI