Sarah Pritchard Director National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) at the National Crime Agency (NCA) invited us in to talk about Fraud. In what has been an unprecedented year for law enforcement we wanted to understand how the NECC had risen to the challenge of Covid-19. Sarah has an MA in History from Cambridge, she worked […]
Having recently posted on the EUIPO and UPC we now turn our attention to analyze and assess lateral moves across the intellectual property market in London. I was also curious to see whether an article I wrote two years accurately predicted the rise of the full-service IP firm. It has been no secret that patent […]
The pandemic has had a profound impact on our lives, it has triggered deep emotions, fears of an uncertain future, fears around the potential health implications, fear to meet, greet and interact in a way that seemed so normal only 6 months ago. Many are working from home, many are still in work, many are […]
Chris Excell, Head of IP & Patents Dovetailing with a previous article on the EUIPO (and its choice of location) it is only right to comment on the “other side” of the Intellectual Property world; Patents, and the Unified Patent Court. A brief history on this, The Unified Patent Court agreement was signed on 19 […]
Chris Excell, Head of IP & Patents writing on the EUIPO. The surreal time we are in promotes both a chance to reflect and refocus on matters that are important to us. As such, I wanted to share a few thoughts on the EUIPO and how it has got to be so significant in the […]
Global conglomerates, tech giants and now nations are implementing block chain technology for a variety of reasons. Improved transparency leading to gains in trust is an overriding benefit of implementing the blockchain, which offers the potential to re-define some of the user’s key business relationships. Removing the paper trail and gravitating towards a safer, faster, […]
Data companies are having to re-asses their operations following the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which has ruled the privacy shield framework as invalid. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC’s) are still adequate, however questions remain over the longer-term implications. Now that we as individuals and companies are more than even […]
IP and Patents specialist joins Fides Search Fides Search are delighted to welcome Chris Excell to the team. Chris joins us as a Senior Consultant and will be leading our IP & Patents practice. Chris works with Law Firms, Patent Attorneys and a range of in-house clients. He has a particular interest in the TMT […]
Fides Search are delighted to welcome Mathew Parker to the team. Mathew joins us as a Consultant focusing on TMT, he has a particular interest in the technology sector and will be supporting our professional services and in-house clients with their key strategic hires in this space. Mathew will add further depth to our partner […]
Ed Parker Talks about ‘How to Build Trust in a Search Process’. He shares his thoughts on our LinkedIn page. Please click the link to watch the segment in full How to Build Trust in a Search process In this piece Ed Parker talks about: How to select your search partner, The role your search partner will play […]