PONS IP integrates SILEX IP

PONS IP, a global consulting firm specializing in intellectual property, has announced the integration of SILEX IP, a firm specializing in patent and trademark registration, with the aim of consolidating PONS IP’s current position as the leading intellectual property consulting firm in terms of volume of trademark applications both nationally and in the European Union, as well as in patent registration in Spain.

Image (from left to right): Guillermo Criado, Founding Partner of Silex IP; Nuria Marcos, Managing Director of PONS IP; and Ramón Leal, Founding Partner of SILEX IP.

Under the PONS IP brand

Following the acquisition, which will be effective as of May 1, both organizations will operate under the PONS IP brand with the aim of consolidating organic and inorganic growth, as well as strengthening the internationalization strategy of the consultancy firm. Currently, 60% of SILEX IP’s business comes from the international area and it is one of the top 20 firms in trademark applications in the EU according to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

Likewise, PONS IP will strengthen its team with the incorporation of all the professionals of the current SILEX IP team in the different areas of specialization of the company. Together with Ramón Leal and Guillermo Criado, founding partners of SILEX IP, all professionals specialized in trademark and patent protection will join the current staff of 130 professionals of PONS IP.

The integration will also have a positive impact on the territorial coverage of the IP consulting firm. In addition to the seven offices that PONS IP has, five of them located in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Alicante and Valencia and two abroad in Bogota (Colombia) and the Chinese city of Guangzhou, the consulting firm will be present in Santiago de Compostela, capital of one of the most important economic areas of northern Spain, Galicia, where SILEX IP already had its own office.