What is an IP strategist?
Essentially, INTIPSA caters for two main groups of professionals who are involved with IP strategy on a day-to-day basis:
1) In-house Practitioners: These are IP strategists and “would-be” strategists working within businesses and corporations, either at executive level or with relevant responsibilities in their portfolio. They include:
- Chief Intellectual Property Officers (CIPOs)
- Chief Technology Officers (CTOs)
- Chief Executive Officers / Chief Operating Officers (CEOs/COOs)
- Vice-Presidents for research, or product/service development
- Technology transfer specialists in universities and research & technology organisations
- Business and sector associations
- Entrepreneurs, especially in technology-based businesses
- Business academics
- Corporate and SME managers.
You will gain from INTIPSA through:
- Exchange of knowledge and experience with IP strategy practitioners and professionals;
- Participation in a global network at the forefront of best IP strategy practice;
- Recognition of your skills within a peer network;
- Continuing professional development (CPD) and career opportunities.
2) Professional IP Strategists: These are individuals working in professional and business services, either within large internationally-based firms or in niche consultancies or practices. They include:
- Strategy consultants
- IP and commercial lawyers
- IP attorneys (patent attorneys, trademark attorneys and licensing executives)
- Specialist brokers & valuers
- Venture capitalists
- Corporate and angel investors.
If this is where you fit, then INTIPSA offers you opportunities for:
- Networking with other IP strategy professionals nationally and internationally;
- Publicity via the INTIPSA website, the gateway to the IP strategy community worldwide;
- Marketing your business through INTIPSA events: seminars, workshops, conferences and clinics;
- Recognition of your skills within a peer network;
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and career opportunities;
- Lobbying on IP strategy issues at national and international levels.
