James has considerable experience in drafting and prosecuting patents for mobile telecommunications and electronics. He has been involved in high profile litigation cases in the UK, US, and Germany; and in patent pool, licensing, and divestment transactions.
Before joining EIP James spent 18 years working as in-house IP 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 US Patent and Trademark Office, and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. James has a deep technical knowledge of audio and video codecs, user interface, cellular protocols, and RF interfaces, printer, machine vision, and LED technologies.
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.
Education and qualifications
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney
- European Patent Attorney
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2006
Business of IP, Scandinavian International Management Institute -
2003 — present
UK Chartered Patent Attorney -
2000 — present
European Patent Attorney -
1995
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, 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
Speaking engagements
- 12 November 2012
Tech City, Israeli Investment Forum (link)