About
Partner and UK and European Patent Attorney at EIP based in Wales with more than 15 years’ experience in patent prosecution and litigation across electronics and mechanical fields, including telecommunications, software, e‑commerce, power distribution, imaging and medical devices. He is fluent in Japanese and experienced in prosecuting Japanese patent applications and Japanese-language prior art searches, and regularly represents clients in UK, German and international litigation and at EPO oral proceedings; he is also positioned to advise on the Unified Patent Court (UPC).
Practice areas
Intellectual PropertyLitigationLife SciencesEnergyTechnology / ITTelecommunicationsElectronicsMechanical Engineering
Office
Expertise
TelecommunicationsComputer softwareE‑commercePower distributionImaging devicesMedical devices and consumablesUnified Patent Court (UPC) advisoryEPO oral proceedingsProsecuting Japanese patent applicationsJapanese-language prior art searchesHandling SME and major corporate clientsInternational patent litigation (UK, Germany and beyond)
Education
- BA (Oxon) Physics, First Class, Christ Church, Oxford University (1994–1997)
- Japanese Proficiency Test Level 1 (2000)
Admissions
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney
- European Patent Attorney
Languages
Japanese