Proven multi-jurisdictional patent litigation strategist, specialized in telecoms and computers, with an outstanding record of successes against, inter alia, IPCom, Apple and Nokia in Europe. I have been involved in all of the major battles of the smartphone wars in the last fifteen years and my team achieved unrivalled success for HTC.
Experienced patent-licensing executive having developed successful strategies based on the interplay between licensing, prosecution and litigation.
Accomplished European patent prosecutor, with specialism in software-related inventions and telecommunications. Insider-knowledge of the EPO’s search, examination and opposition practices and procedures. Proven success in training patent-examiners and attorneys in all aspects of European Patent Law.
Winner of the Intellectual Property Magazine Awards 2010 in Best Technology Team category.
Short-listed for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards 2012.
Specialties: Worldwide patent litigation in telecommunications sector. Technical and legal patent analysis. Development of prosecution and enforcement strategies. Mediation of patent disputes.
