Keeping IP professionals
at the heart of the industry

We work exclusively with IP professionals - be it in private law firms or in-house departments - and uphold strict integrity by never contacting your end clients.

A new standard in the world of service providers, born from expertise

A note from the founders

We founded iPify in 2021 — three IP experts who had spent a decade watching the industry we loved drift further from the people who made it work.

We had seen how consolidation plays out. Software gets slicker, service gets thinner, and the handshake between an IP owner and their attorney quietly becomes a contract between the attorney and a platform. We had seen acquirers chase clients behind the backs of the very firms who introduced them.

That felt inherently wrong to us.

So we founded iPify with one conviction — the future of the IP industry should be shaped by IP professionals, for IP professionals. Not disrupted. Not replaced. Supported: by tools that make the administrative work disappear, and by people who treat every client relationship as yours to keep.

Five years on, that conviction still shapes every service we offer, every person we hire, and every decision we make.

Patrice Régis Olivier
Founders, 2021

Our founders

  1. Patrice Durand
    Co-founder

    Patrice Durand

    • French & European Patent Attorney
    • CEO at Valipat (2010-2019)
    • Partner at a French IP Law Firm (2002-2010)
    Connect on LinkedIn
  2. Olivier Gérardin
    Co-founder

    Olivier Gérardin

    • Serial tech entrepreneur
    • CTO and COO at Valipat (2011 - 2019)
    • Manager at a prominent consulting company (2003-2011)
    Connect on LinkedIn
  3. Régis de Boisé
    Co-founder

    Régis de Boisé

    • 20 years’ experience in finance and entrepreneurship
    • CFO at Valipat (2016-2019)
    • Created, developed and invested in more than 10 businesses
    Connect on LinkedIn
What we stand for

Five convictions.

Every service, every hire, every decision, measured against these.

  1. I

    Integrity

    We don't work behind anyone's back. If you own the client relationship, it stays yours.

  2. II

    Professional excellence

    Precision, accuracy, and attention to detail — the IP industry demands it, and so do we.

  3. III

    Independence

    Employee-owned. We answer to our people and our customers — no acquirer, no outside board.

  4. IV

    Future-proof

    Processes and tools built to outlast the person who set them up. Documented, sustainable, not fragile.

  5. V

    You

    Customer, colleague, peer — you matter. We listen before we recommend.

Our divisional heads

Myriam Bou About

Myriam Bou About

VP Operations

Johan Deforseau

Johan Deforseau

VP Customer Success

Yawo Dodzro

Yawo Dodzro

VP Finance

Jack Levant

Jack Levant

VP Process Improvement

Daniil Novikov

Daniil Novikov

VP Product

Craig O'Dell

Craig O'Dell

VP Sales

Our management team

Bernard Borsu

Bernard Borsu

Translation Manager

Shona Clarke

Shona Clarke

Validations Manager

Tetiana Shulga

Tetiana Shulga

IP Legal Manager

Anirudh Soni

Anirudh Soni

Renewals Payment Manager

Our Sales and Customer Success team

Aaron Bennett

Aaron Bennett

Senior Customer Success Manager

Maike Lorenz

Maike Lorenz

Business Development Director

David Murray

David Murray

Senior Customer Success Manager

Diana Olaerts

Diana Olaerts

Senior Customer Success Manager

Kruno G.

Kruno G.

Senior Customer Success Manager

iPify team member
Careers at iPify

Join our team of talented professionals!

Ready to embark on an exciting journey with a team of passionate individuals in the Intellectual Property industry.

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Our locations

Regional presence matters when your clients expect responsiveness, local knowledge, and people who can actually pick up the phone.

Lyon, France
01

Lyon, France

Corporate Headquarters

Brussels, Belgium
02

Brussels, Belgium

Operational Headquarters

London, UK
03

London, UK

Regional office

Munich, Germany
04

Munich, Germany

Regional office

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