I provide intellectual property advice to companies to help them achieve their business goals and implement their business plan. This will often involve devising a bespoke intellectual property strategy that enables the company to document and maximise the value of their intellectual property. Such a strategy can greatly assist young businesses in securing investment or to support an alternative exit strategy. At Potter Clarkson, we are delighted to offer fixed-price IP tools for maximising the commercial value of innovative ideas at each milestone.I am a European and UK patent attorney with a background in the physical sciences, and I specialise in obtaining patent protection for computer-implemented and electronics-based inventions. I greatly enjoy learning about a company’s technology, so that I can bring together the technical and legal aspects required to prepare a robust patent specification. During my time as a patent attorney I have drafted over a thousand new patent specifications, and successfully prosecuted many of them through to grant in Europe and further afield. I also regularly give educational seminars and workshops on various aspects of patent practice. Including how, in relation to computer-implemented inventions, the right type of software can be patented. This draws on my experience of being involved in a successful appeal to the English High Court for Astron Clinica et al in 2007, following which the UKIPO’s practice of not granting claims for computer programs was overturned.Potter Clarkson maximises value from your innovation. We bring vision and clarity of thought to guide you through the complexities of intellectual property for business. As consultants and experts in IP law, we help you understand, create, protect and defend the commercial value of your innovations anywhere in the world.Feel free to contact me at dave.clark@potterclarkson.com or +44 (0) 115 955 2211.