Following a spell as a practising engineer, Paul has nearly 30 years’ pedigree as a patent, design and trade mark attorney. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the mechanical, electrical and software engineering fields, and leverages his expertise at the forefront of developing techniques for procuring patent protection to assist clients in generating, protecting and exploiting intellectual property (IP) portfolios of genuine value.
Paul has a number of major clients across the engineering and software sectors, for whom his significant experience as a practising engineer combined with his legal acumen is an invaluable asset. He has achieved significant success for clients in building strong and commercially valuable IP portfolios in the mechanical, electrical and software engineering fields. Paul’s professional experience includes a wide technical and commercial spectrum from nuclear physics, advanced materials, fibre optics and semiconductor devices, through automotive engineering, environmental engineering, medical devices, fluid mechanics, acoustics, broadcasting, radar, telecoms, to software and the fast moving and highly competitive fin-tech sector.
Paul is also well known for his work at the forefront of developing techniques for procuring patent protection in some of the most challenging areas, including business process inventions. When it comes to defending clients’ IP rights, Paul has considerable litigation expertise, winning significant litigation on behalf of clients across broadcasting, telecoms and mechanical engineering.
Education/Alumni: Paul has a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in computational fluid dynamics from Imperial College, London.
