Landon IP Brings Best of Class Service to European Market

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, January 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Landon IP, Inc. is excited to announce the launch of its European presence with the opening of an office in London effective January 30, 2012.  Landon IP, Inc. operates in Europe as Landon IP Ltd.  The new office is located on High Holborn, in the heart of the city's intellectual property legal district, and a short walk from Chancery Lane.

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According to David Hunt, Landon IP's CEO, "Landon IP provides customers around the globe with professional legal support services that help them understand, enforce, and maximize the value of their intellectual property assets."  He adds, "We have been searching, analyzing, and translating patent information for European customers for years.  To provide even better service and an appropriate focus on the critical markets of Europe, the time was right to open a physical office."

The London office will be led by Matt Rodgers, Managing Director, Europe.  "I am very excited to be leading Landon's business development efforts in Europe," says Rodgers.  "We plan to drive industry improvements in professional patent searches and technical translations.  Our London presence will let us work more closely with our European customers." 

Matt Rodgers joined Landon IP in 2004 after serving as a U.S. Patent Examiner.  He co-authored the highly-acclaimed book Patent Searching: Tools & Techniques and is a faculty member of Patent Resources Group and Management Forum Ltd.  Most recently, Mr. Rodgers was the Vice President in charge of Landon IP's Patent Search Group, where he managed over 90 patent analysts; he is an expert in all aspects of patent searching and analytics.

Landon IP Ltd. can be reached at:

16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX
United Kingdom
+44-(0)20-3116-6400

About Landon IP, Inc. and Landon IP Ltd.

Landon IP is the leading global provider of professional support services throughout the intellectual property lifecycle and has met the critical needs of the IP community since 1949.  Landon IP operates in Europe as Landon IP Ltd.  Landon IP's services include patent and trademark searching; non-patent literature searching; in-depth technical analysis; global information retrieval; and patent, legal, and technical translations.  The company is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, near the offices of the USPTO, with offices in Southfield, Michigan; Sacramento, California; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Tokyo, Japan; and London, U.K.  More information about Landon IP can be found at http://www.landon-ip.com.