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A FRACTIONAL IP COUNSEL ? A MANNER OF OUTBOXING IP
Fractional GCs (general counsels) are all the rage in the UK but what about fractional IPCs (intellectual property counsels) ?
The idea is simple:
⁃ you are an important luxury group and you need an extra IP expert to manage a large project. Your teams are already busy with the day to day requests and you need an extra hand to help you navigate the project.
– You are facing a critical litigation and need to find the fastest route to fix things. You’re not certain which lawyer(s) to take on, whether a cross jurisdictional approach makes sense, how to coordinate the actors involved;
⁃ You are Head of IP and facing cost cuts. You want to take a new, strategic look at your portfolio to identify the extras in your trademark, design or patent portfolio and point at areas which need more focus. You need to defend your budget and present the right arguments
⁃ you are a GC within a luxury- related company. Your team is stretched ; your team is small, you don’t have an IP dedicated team and you need regular help on IP- related contracts or internal projects.
⁃ You are an independent watchmaker and are juggling lawyers on all fronts. You know the importance of IP but you are taken with the day to day of dealing with suppliers, setting up distribution agreements and ensuring that
your business is running smoothly. You can’t juggle a multitude of IP professionals (filing agents, commercial lawyers, local lawyers and possibly international litigations) and it all seems so costly;
⁃ You know IP can only be built as an asset if you can develop an IP culture throughout the company… but training takes time and an understanding of the different activities (R&D, open innovation, trade secret protection, product design, movement design, communication and marketing…) Employees are saturated with recorded trainings and need to engage in workshops where they can ask questions relating to their own business.
Calling on an external expert with years of practice as an inhouse in the industry will help you gain time, find new ideas and a fresh take on your IP practice, devoid of internal politics. The fractional IP Counsel is part of your team, understands your processes, your Maison and ways of working and can interact directly with the business, reporting in all transparency. The fractional IP Counsel is flexible, agile and able to “jump in” when needed or come in on a regular basis to help overloaded teams or contribute to the training of more junior lawyers.
The fractional IP Counsel is a new addition to the IP expertise of your team … a manner of OUTBOXING IP.
Mᵉ OLIVIA DHORDAIN
Avocate
24 Sept. 2024
A FRACTIONAL IP COUNSEL?
A MANNER OF OUTBOXING IP
A MANNER OF OUTBOXING IP
Fractional GCs (general counsels) are all the rage in the UK but what about fractional IPCs (intellectual property counsels) ?
The idea is simple:
⁃ you are an important luxury group and you need an extra IP expert to manage a large project. Your teams are already busy with the day to day requests and you need an extra hand to help you navigate the project.
– You are facing a critical litigation and need to find the fastest route to fix things. You’re not certain which lawyer(s) to take on, whether a cross jurisdictional approach makes sense, how to coordinate the actors involved;
⁃ You are Head of IP and facing cost cuts. You want to take a new, strategic look at your portfolio to identify the extras in your trademark, design or patent portfolio and point at areas which need more focus. You need to defend your budget and present the right arguments
⁃ you are a GC within a luxury- related company. Your team is stretched ; your team is small, you don’t have an IP dedicated team and you need regular help on IP- related contracts or internal projects.
⁃ You are an independent watchmaker and are juggling lawyers on all fronts. You know the importance of IP but you are taken with the day to day of dealing with suppliers, setting up distribution agreements and ensuring that your business is running smoothly. You can’t juggle a multitude of IP professionals (filing agents, commercial lawyers, local lawyers and possibly international litigations) and it all seems so costly;
⁃ You know IP can only be built as an asset if you can develop an IP culture throughout the company… but training takes time and an understanding of the different activities (R&D, open innovation, trade secret protection, product design, movement design, communication and marketing…) Employees are saturated with recorded trainings and need to engage in workshops where they can ask questions relating to their own business.
Calling on an external expert with years of practice as an inhouse in the industry will help you gain time, find new ideas and a fresh take on your IP practice, devoid of internal politics. The fractional IP Counsel is part of your team, understands your processes, your Maison and ways of working and can interact directly with the business, reporting in all transparency. The fractional IP Counsel is flexible, agile and able to “jump in” when needed or come in on a regular basis to help overloaded teams or contribute to the training of more junior lawyers.
The fractional IP Counsel is a new addition to the IP expertise of your team … a manner of OUTBOXING IP.
Mᵉ OLIVIA DHORDAIN
Avocate
24 Sept. 2024
