Global Prior Art, the Most Trusted Name in IP Research®, Opens London Office

BOSTON, October 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Global Prior Art, Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of an office in London effective this month. Since its creation in 1982, Global Prior Art has been a leader in intellectual property (IP) research and analysis and become a trusted partner for companies and law firms worldwide. Global Prior Art's teams are well-known for their record of success and in-depth technical expertise in the areas of electronics, telecommunication, software, mechanical engineering, medical device technology, biotechnology, chemistry and materials. The move reflects the growing demand for Global Prior Art's services among European clients as intellectual property becomes more important.  Global Prior Art has participated in thousands of high-stakes patent litigation cases, frequently locating critical prior art that anticipated patents. Global Prior Art is also a pioneer in IP strategy and has developed its proprietary GlobalMap IP landscape analysis, which is used by clients to create strong IP portfolios.

Dr. Bruce Rubinger, Global Prior Art's founder and Managing Director comments: "Global Prior Art has a long track record of providing critical support to clients on IP matters such as licensing due diligence, freedom-to-operate opinions and product development strategy.  We have become the preferred vendor for many IP-savvy companies. Global Prior Art's efforts are distinguished by comprehensive worldwide search and analysis capabilities that allow us to access information in foreign languages, institutional knowledge that identifies the most critical sources, and an extensive in-house selection of critical prior art sources collected over 30+ years that are often missed in database searches. There is widespread recognition that this yields superior findings and outcomes for clients. The opening of our London office will allow us to work more closely with our European clients."

The London office will be headed by Dr. Mike Shin, a well-known authority in medical device technology. Dr. Shin previously worked at Global Prior Art's Boston office for over 5 years handling many freedom-to-practice, due diligence, and IP strategy related matters for medical device clients.  Dr. Shin also worked as a research director at a medical device start-up. Dr. Shin received his PhD at MIT, where his work focused on electrospinning of polymer nanofibers. Dr. Shin is fluent in English and German, and conversant in French. Dr. Shin and other Global Prior Art team members will be present at the London IP Summit, October 13-14, 2014.

About Global Prior Art 

Global Prior Art, Inc. was founded in 1982 by Dr. Bruce Rubinger, who remains the firm's managing director. Global Prior Art began as a pioneer in the field of international prior art searches and has evolved into the worldwide leader in complete IP analysis. The head office is located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with searchers based throughout Europe, Russia, Japan and China. Global Prior Art has broad experience searching literature and patent documents in the United States, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Israel, Sweden, and Switzerland, among other countries. Global Prior Art's staff consists of technical specialists with advanced degrees from schools such as MIT, Harvard, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins as well as other world-renowned institutions. More information about Global Prior Art can be found at http://www.globalpriorart.com

Contact:
Mike Shin
mshin@globalpriorart.com
Phone: +44-(0)-20-3322-8116

Global Prior Art's office is located at:
86-90 Paul Street
London EC2A 4NE