INTERIM ABSENCES
Short term absences are of course inevitable. The temporary loss of a team member can place excessive workloads on the remaining members of the team when work is redistributed to compensate for the absence. With over 30 years experience in corporate IP departments across several different industry sectors including over 20 years as Head of the Trade Marks function, Simon can seamlessly integrate into your attorney team at whatever level of role responsibility and handle the brand portfolios and other tasks of your absent team member, efficiently and effectively.
Sabbaticals/unpaid leave
Absence due to ill health
Maternity/paternity leave
Special projects
Focusing in particular on in house Trademark functions undertaking projects which they never seem to have the resource to get around to or Creative Agencies looking to develop new brand names, but requiring legal input around the selection of names, input from an experienced, objective, professional is a valuable resource. Simon Reeves offers professional experience on a short term bases for special projects which could include:
Portfolio Reviews
Ways of Working Analysis
Trade Mark strategy relation to Trade Mark clearance
Trade Mark and Design filing and opposition strategies
Enforcement and Anti-counterfeiting
IP bench marking studies
Simon conducted several benchmarking studies across the IP industry during his career to develop insights and comparisons around particular budget and staffing levels of in house departments. Supported by access to an extensive network of professionals working within the IP industry, Simon has a very good foundation upon which to conduct such studies to meet your specific requirements.