IP management software: Managing assets, not admin

The Spanish IP profession looked very different from how it does today when Francisco Bernardo Noriega co-founded ABG IP with two fellow patent attorneys in 2003. Following his MSc and a research stint in organic chemistry, Noriega had spent 11 years as a European Patent Office (EPO) examiner before “deciding to see what it was like on the other side”, passing the European Patent Attorney qualifying exams and joining a Spanish pharmaceutical company, ultimately becoming the head of its patent department.