James Seymour
Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney · EIP
EnglandIntellectual Property, Patent Prosecution
نبذة
Partner and UK and European Patent Attorney at EIP and Head of SEP, advising on standard-essential patents across telecommunications, wireless and video/audio coding. His practice covers patent infringement and validity, valuation and enforceability of SEP portfolios, licensing and patent-pool transactions; he has been involved in high-profile litigation in the UK, US and Germany and previously worked 18 years as in-house patent counsel for Nokia and Hewlett-Packard.
مجالات الممارسة
Intellectual PropertyPatent ProsecutionPatent LitigationTechnology Licensing
المكتب
الخبرات
Standard-Essential Patents (SEP)Telecommunications (GSM, UMTS, LTE, New Radio/5G)Video and audio coding (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC)Patent infringement and validityPatent portfolio valuation and enforceabilityPatent pools, licensing, acquisition and divestment transactionsUnified Patent Court (UPC) advisory
المؤهلات العلمية
- BSc Physics, University of Bristol (1991–1994)
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London (1995)
- Business of IP, Scandinavian International Management Institute (2006)
- European Patent Attorney (2000)
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney (2003)
القيد في نقابات المحامين
- European Patent Attorney
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney
- US Patent Bar (passed)
- Qualified to practice before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
- UK IP Litigation Certificate