Recruitment

Professional Staff

Mathys & Squire is always keen to receive applications from fully-qualified or partly-qualified professionals in the field of Intellectual Property. Our aim is to provide our clients with the highest quality of advice and the best possible service, and we therefore look for exceptional professionals who thrive on this challenge. Benefits and prospects reflect the high calibre of candidates that we are seeking.

We prefer that you send us a copy of your CV, together with a letter of application, marked "Private and Confidential", to the following address:

Mr Roger Herrington
Mathys & Squire LLP
120 Holborn
London
EC1N 2SQ
United Kingdom

Alternatively, you can send us your application by e-mail to Mr Roger Herrington

News

Poland became a member of the Hague Agreement for Industrial designs on 2nd July 2009.

San Marino became the 36th member state of the EPC on 1st July 2009.

The European Patent Office is now accepting applications for the European Inventor Award 2010. If you are interested in being entered for this competition, please contact your usual representative at Mathys & Squire.

The Madrid Protocol will enter into force in Eqypt on 3rd September 2009.

Alison Brimelow has announced that she will not stand for re-election as President of the EPO.

On 1st May 2009 OHIM reduced its official fees by 40%. Please see the Legal Updates section of our website for further details.

The London Agreement has so far entered into force in Croatia, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, France, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Iceland, Monaco, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The EPO has begun 2009 by announcing significant changes to patent practice regarding divisional applications. The changes will come into force in April 2010. Please see the Legal Updates section of our website for further details.

Over 1,000,000 international trademarks have been registered since the first in 1893 by Swiss Chocolate-maker Russ-Suchard & Company.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty entered into force in Chile on 2nd March 2009.

Mathys & Squire will celebrate its centenary in 2010.

Sweden has indicated that the creation of a single community patent is a priority issue during its six-month Presidency of the EU, which began in July 2009.

International patent filings rose by 2.4% in 2008 to 164,000.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty entered into force in Peru on 6th June 2009.

The London Agreement entered into force for Lithuania on 1st May 2009, making it the 15th EPO member state to accede to the agreement.

The UK government has appointed John Alty as the new chief executive of the IP Office.