For the second year running, Andrew Watson, ipVA's CEO and co-founder, and Dr. Robert Harrison, ipVA's co-founder and lead consultant, have been selected for the IAM Strategy 250 listing of The World's Leading IP Strategists. 

ipVA is pleased to be working with The European Venture Capital Association on a four-part series of hour long webinars from April to June 2010.

Andrew Watson of ipVA will be speaking at The Global IP Exchange™ on  how and why those in charge of IP at companies will need to be able to answer the tough questions on IP.

Dr. Mike Barlow,  former Head of BP International’s Global Patents and Technology Law group and an ipVA consultant, was awarded on OBE for his services to intellectual property.

ipVA joins Chairman's Network as a Corporate Member. The Chairman’s Network's exclusive membership-based community of Chairmen, CEOs, Non-Executives and Board Directors includes VC, Executive Search, Legal, Accountancy and Insurance.    

ipVA is pleased to welcome Jordan S Hatcher, ipVA's Head of Research, as he also joins ipVA as a consultant in copyright, international IP, and open licensing -- particularly in open source software.

ipVA is pleased to welcome Dr. Luc Vandamme to the team as a consultant. Luc specialises in chemistry and chemical engineering, including inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, specialty chemicals, general chemistry and drug delivery devices.

Andrew Watson and Rob Harrison of ipVA have been selected for inclusion in Intellectual Asset Management Magazine's IAM 250 list of The World's Leading IP Strategists.

ipVA's Andrew Watson and Jordan Hatcher discuss organisational perspectives on IP and suggest some ways to look at Intellectual Property within a business in order to maximise value in the April issue of Managing IP.

Andrew Watson is a featured guest on this week's IP ThinkTank podcast with Duncan and Jeremy. Listen or subscribe at the IP ThinkTank Podcast page.

Tom Ewing and Andrew Watson from ipVA will be presenting to the European Venture Capital Association's (EVCA) IPR Masterclass on 25-26 June 2009 in Brussels.

A definition for IP strategy and a practical example of strategy in action are now available on the ipVA site.

A new article on patents as part of the Intangible Handbook is now up on the ipVA site.

Patent attorney and IP strategist Chris Vigars has joined the ipVA team as a consultant.

ipVA has launched a series of articles on the basics of Intellectual Property Rights (IP or IPRs) for businesses and investors.

ipVA CEO Andrew Watson is quoted in BusinessGreen.com about the need to protect intellectual property in cleantech companies.

We've launched a new blog on the intersection between IP and business at Tangible IP. Jordan Hatcher, ipVA's Head of Research, is the editor-in-chief and lead blogger.