Vicky Maynard Email & Phone Number

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for driving best practice across the firm on all IP matters.

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for developing, maintaining and delivering IP training, development and service delivery. Ensuring that values are at the core of training, in particular resourcefulness and excellence with client care at the forefront. This is carried out in conjunction with developing and maintaining IP training resources and materials.Implementing and managing IP training and development programmes for support staff at all levels to cover both system/process training, and general IP training and development. By maintaining links with the company fee earner training academy, I can ensure that fee earner and support staff training is joined up where it needs to be.Working with Office Managing Partners, Regional Systems Managers, and Office Managers to identify and resolve support staff IP training gaps for existing staff, new starters, and when system changes are made. Maintaining links with CIPA, the EPO, the UKIPO and other relevant official bodies regarding IP training, to ensure that the training offering is proportionate, fair and available to all.

London, England, United Kingdom

I am responsible for a team of staff who provide patent and design formalities and administrative support to fee earners and for overseeing the electronic workflows, ensuring they are correctly maintained and all associated actions are properly allocated. I provide assistance with case management and patent formalities, troubleshooting any issues in relation to the patent process to ensure all activities are completed to time and quality standards.My role includes allocation of work to the appropriate support staff resource in the team, taking into account subject area, expertise, availability and costs, and ensuring adequate cover is in place to cover the workload at all times.As communication is an important part of the whole process, I regularly participate in regular meetings with fellow Team Leaders, Office Manager (OM) and Record & Systems Manager (RSM) to ensure communication and workflow standards are maintained, whilst escalating any issues to OM and RSM in a timely manner and take ownership to resolve them.To maintain an effective, efficient and up-to-date working practices, I proactively review working practices and discuss with other Team Leaders, RSM and OM as appropriate, implement changes.I proactively undertake annual appraisals of team members; identify training needs and work with OM to address and resolve; support team members through relevant training such as CIPA/CITMA training.

Farnham

Heading up company’s crucial paralegal and formality support services. Responsible for management and development of the formalities team and working alongside CIPA as Vice Chair of the Administrator’s Committee and member of the CIPA Education Committee.

Farnham

Review and management of organisational priorities and change implementation; creation and implementation of organisational processes reinforced by accurate and comprehensive training materials and guidance; project management for sourcing and implementation of IP record management systems; project management for sourcing and implementation of document management systems; preparation and management of complex IP assignment recordals; preparation of all aspects of IP documentation from inception, through filing, prosecution, grant and opposition/appeal; training and mentoring of staff at all levels using a clear and structured development plan, on a one-to-one or group basis.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Preparation of reports and recommendations with regard to procedural or Law changes as to how this will affect the Company, and how to adapt current working practices to encompass these.First point of contact for staff for all training, I was responsible for organising, writing and delivering training packages across the Firm and ensuring that a consistently accurate, high level of work is delivered by all. Mentoring staff through their initial training and individual development within their role; accompanied with coaching, supporting and developing staff to provide a proactive and engaged workforce. I believe that by working with staff, supervisors and management, coupled with a strong understanding of the direction an organisation is headed in, and the budget available to meet those requirements, enables me to inspire and encourage a proactive, engaged and driven workforce.

Post-Graduate Certificate, Intellectual Property Law, Credit

City & Guilds, Diploma In Teaching In The Lifelong Learning Sector (Dtlls)

City & Guilds Preparing To Teach In The Lifelong Learning Sector, Education, Pass

Preparing for Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector; Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector