Matt joined EIP after three years as IP Director in an IP-rich photonics start-up. For the ten years before that he was an in-house IP counsel in BT and then Hewlett-Packard. His commercial experience from in-house roles combined with an innate ability to distil complex legal subject matter into easily digestible advice underlies Matt’s approach to practice.
Matt is head of the EIP Strategy practice group, and in 2013 and 2014 was acknowledged as being one of the world’s leading IP strategists in the IAM Strategy 300. He has extensive experience of developing, communicating and implementing IP strategies and is regularly called upon to do so by companies ranging from start-up, through SME to leading FTSE-100 names.
Matt's patent practice spans a broad base of technologies including electronics, banking, software, computer hardware and architectures, semiconductors, high capacity storage, and telecommunications networks and systems.
Published articles
- February 2011
Intellectual Property Magazine, Patent Strategies For Financial Institutions
Education and qualifications
Matt has a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Surrey, and sits on CIPA’s Computer Technology Committee.
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1987 — 1991
MEng, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey
Career history
- 2005 — present
Partner, EIP - 2004 — 2006
IP Director, Zoo Digital Group plc - 2001 — 2004
IP Director, Blaze Photonics - 1997 — 2001
IP Counsel, Hewlett-Packard - 1992 — 1997
Patent Attorney, BT - 1991 — 1992
Data Comms Engineer, BT - 1989 — 1991
R&D Software Engineer, Philips Medical Systems
Awards and recognition
- Ranked in IAM Strategy 300, 2013, 2014
Speaking engagements
- 11 June 2014
One Nucleus BioWednesday, The Value of Intellectual Property (link) - 17 May 2013
Low Carbon South West, Intellectual Property Rights and Wrongs (link) - November 2012
Connect Yorkshire, Fit for Funding (link) - November 2012
Venturefest Bristol, IP Clinic (link) - March 2012
Connect Yorkshire, Fit for Funding (link) - 21 February 2012
EIP seminar, The Patent Box - November 2011
Venturefest Bristol 2011, IP Clinic (link)