James’ practice focuses on mobile telecommunications and electronics, advising clients on patent infringement and validity matters and the valuation and enforceability of standards essential 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
- Standards 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