With STEM credentials in Chemistry, Natural Sciences, Organic Chemistry, Metallurgy and Materials Science our team is equipped to handle a broad range of chemistry based subject matter. The team includes vastly experienced experts with prior long tenures as senior IP professionals in in-house teams in some well-known large corporates innovating in the chemistry sector. As well as expertise in the technical field our team has attorneys with excellent track records in oppositions, litigation and devising smart risk mitigation strategies to facilitate freedom to operate in dense technology landscapes.
Our Engineering team includes attorneys with strong STEM backgrounds from top UK universities across a wide range of engineering disciplines; Mechanical, Electronics, Electrical, Laser and Optical, Computer Systems and Software, Manufacturing and Bioengineering. A number have considerable in-house experience becoming technical specialists in sectors including Aerospace, Energy and Power and Automotive. Within the wider group we have physical science experts with decades of private practice experience working on a significant breadth of electromechanical devices. As well as expertise in the technical field our team has attorneys with excellent track records in oppositions, litigation and devising smart risk mitigation strategies to facilitate freedom to operate in dense technology landscapes.
Our Life Sciences team have an extensive background as educators and researchers in the sector before joining the IP profession and as in-house IP counsel in the sector. The team boasts a former global head of a large pharmaceutical company and a former senior IP manager for an international specialist healthcare company. With STEM backgrounds in Molecular Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Organic Chemistry and Bioengineering the team collectively has experience across a huge range of subject matter in the sector including; vaccines, fermentation, antibodies, immunology, sequencing and amplification, epigenetics, modified and thermostable enzymes, bone and cartilage regeneration, drug delivery and pharmaceuticals. Supported by our Software and AI experts they are also well equipped to handle subject matter such as bioinformatics and diagnostics. Team members have excellent track records in oppositions, interventions, litigation and devising smart risk mitigation strategies to facilitate freedom to operate in dense technology landscapes.
With STEM credentials in Metallurgy and Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management, Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering our team is well placed to deal with innovations in engineering materials from metals to composites and methods of manufacturing and processing. They’re particularly strong in the Aerospace sector having worked on materials-related innovations on a vast array of materials designed to function reliably under large loads and in harsh environments. One team member headed up the IP team in a packaging company where high speed manufacturing is crucial. Others have considerable knowledge in metal joining and additive manufacturing, and also in composite lay-ups. Team members have excellent track records in oppositions, interventions, litigation and devising smart risk mitigation strategies to facilitate freedom to operate in dense technology landscapes.
MedTech today is a multi-disciplinary sector, we have experts with core STEM qualifications including bioengineering and molecular biophysics working in tandem with life sciences, physics, AI and Engineering experts to address all aspects of this growing and diversifying sector. The team includes experts who have worked as researchers in the sector before moving into their intellectual property careers and others who have spent a number of years as in-house IP counsel in the sector. As well as expertise in the technical field our team has attorneys with excellent track records in oppositions, litigation and devising smart risk mitigation strategies to facilitate freedom to operate in dense technology landscapes.
This team includes a STEM qualified expert in computer systems and software engineering and others with physics, engineering and telecommunications backgrounds with long experience as in-house experts in sectors such as mobile telecommunications, MedTech and aerospace where there has been significant innovation of this nature. In addition, a number of the attorneys are true enthusiasts of these technologies building their knowledge and skills hands on developing systems and applications for personal and business use. Our founder is a recognized expert in the field and has given international talks to his peers on the protection of AI inventions in Europe and the US. Team members have excellent track records in oppositions, interventions, litigation and devising smart risk mitigation strategies to facilitate freedom to operate in dense technology landscapes.
Telecomunications
Our Telecommunications team boasts considerable collective experience at senior levels in-house with large telecommunications corporates. The team includes STEM qualified specialists in Laser and Optical Engineering, Computer Systems and Software Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering. Team members boast experience of standard essential patents (SEPs) both in terms of drafting to build SEP portfolios, and identifying global targets for out-licensing. Team members have excellent track records in oppositions, interventions, litigation and devising smart risk mitigation strategies to facilitate freedom to operate in dense technology landscapes.