Global Intellectual Property Firm Murgitroyd Expands Strategic & Search Capabilities
June 24 2016 - 8:40AM
Business Wire
Global intellectual property (IP) attorney firm Murgitroyd has
expanded its IP strategy and patent searching capabilities with the
addition of industry heavy-hitters Michael Chernoff and John
Wootress and a 16-strong patent engineer team to its staff.
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Messrs Chernoff, Wootress and colleagues will enhance
Murgitroyd’s offering in the areas of:
- Patent research – including searching
worldwide patents and non-patent literature to provide search
reports that will assist with patentability, freedom-to-operate,
validity and IP landscaping projects;
- Patent analytics – detailed patent
reviews, including patent categorization, filing and grant trends,
and analysis of key inventors and companies;
- IP strategy – optimization and
management of global IP portfolios for start-up and established
companies.
Mr Chernoff was previously the Chief Intellectual Property
Officer of MDB Capital Group, LLC and joins Murgitroyd as Director,
IP Strategy and Portfolio Management. He brings over 22 years of
experience in the field of IP to his role at Murgitroyd.
Prior to heading up IP Strategy at MDB, Mr Chernoff served as
Director of Legal Services, Patent Operations at Accenture, as
Associate Patent Counsel for Worldcom, and as an Associate at the
boutique IP law firm Burns, Doane, Swecker and Mathis LLP. Before
that, he was a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office.
Mr Chernoff is ranked as one of the “World’s Leading IP
Strategists” in the 2015 and 2016 editions of Intellectual Asset
Magazine’s IAM Strategy 300.
Mr Wootress was previously the Director of Intellectual Property
at MDB Capital Group, LLC, and joins Murgitroyd as Director, IP
Research and Analysis. He brings over 16 years of experience in the
IP field to his role at Murgitroyd.
Prior to managing the IP Services Division of MDB, he served as
Deputy General Counsel for Belkin International, as an Associate
General Counsel for Aristocrat Technologies Inc. and as an
Associate at Merchant & Gould.
Mr Chernoff commented: “We are very excited to join Murgitroyd
with our team. Our commitment to high quality patent research and
outstanding customer service fit perfectly and enhance Murgitroyd’s
principles of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship”.
Murgitroyd’s CMO, Jamie LeLiever commented on the appointments:
“We are delighted to welcome Michael, John and the team to
Murgitroyd. Their reputation precedes them and we look forward to
further enhancing the Murgitroyd customer experience with their
expertise on board”.
ENDS
About Murgitroyd
Murgitroyd ranks among the largest groups of patent and
trademark attorneys in Europe, with over 60 patent and trademark
professionals and 260 staff. Its 14 European offices in the UK,
Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Switzerland provide
local and European representation. It also has direct
representation rights in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg,
Monaco, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, two client liaison offices
in the United States, together with the addition, with today’s
acquisition, of an office carrying out patent searching services in
Managua, Nicaragua. The firm works across all industrial
sectors.
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