Summary
A dedicated and enthusiastic IP in-house professional who takes pride in making a difference in the roles he takes on, particularly as a Leader of Trademark Teams. Simon Reeves always seeks to improve the visibility and quality of the service his team provides to the Business as well as motivating and developing the individuals within the team.
Career Details
May 2019 - Nov 2019
Trade Mark Attorney, Basck limited, [Cambridge]
Mar 2018 – July 2018
Consultant to Head of Trademarks Reckitt Benckiser[Slough]
Responsibilities Include
Responsibility for developing and building a Trademark Practice alongside established Patents Practice
Advising Clients on a variety of contentious and non-contentious issues involving Trademarks, copyright, Designs and related IP
Oct 2010 - Feb 2018
Head of trademarks - Syngenta AG
Responsibilities included:
Management of a Team of 10 individuals comprising 5 Attorneys, 3 Paralegals and 2 admin support staff located in Basel Switzerland
The clearance, protection and enforcement of Trademarks, copyright, Designs and Domain Names, Portfolio of Trademarks circa 30 000
Key Achievements in this role include:
Successfully implementing a strategic change in approach to Trademark protection by creating and protecting marks centrally and placing them in a ‘Bank’ for adoption across the Business for new brand launches.
Reducing the annual external budget spend for Trademark related activity by circa $ 2m as a result, of a series of rigorous portfolio reviews and the implementation of new Trademark protection and opposition strategies
Centralising advisory and Trademark protection and enforcement services provided to North America in Basel
Developing an effective collaboration with Product security to devise and implement a strategic cross functional approach to anti-counterfeiting and lead the legal enforcement of Trademarks and related IP rights in this context
Proposing and implementing a restructure of the Trademark function by creating an operational support team of up skilled paralegals and a Business facing attorney team focused on effective business partnering
Jan 2004 to 2010