Partner https://www.dehns.com/people/adam-taylor/ Mechanical engineering / Consulting / Dispute resolution / Software / Designs Adam is a UK Registered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney and handles patent and design work in a variety of engineering fields. Adam’s experience extends to a variety of fields focused on engineering and information technology, including aerospace, oil and gas/offshore technologies, heat and power production/distribution, HVAC, mechanical engineering, medical devices, biometrics and smartcards. Adam works directly with inventors, University Technology Transfer Offices and applicant companies primarily based in the UK and Norway, and this includes drafting and filing priority applications as well as co-ordinating prosecution of international patent families and conducting examination before the EPO and UK IPO. He also works for large multinationals in relation to filing and prosecution of their EPO and UK patent applications, as well as co-ordinating the preparation and filing of patent applications originating with their European inventors. Adam handles Opposition and Appeal work before the EPO and regularly represents clients during EPO hearings at first instance as well as during the Appeal procedure. He advises clients in relation to infringement and validity of their own patents and third party patent rights and is highly experienced in relation to IP portfolio reviews for due diligence processes. In addition to patent work, his practice extends to the registration and enforcement of UK and European Community Registered Designs and related unregistered rights.
Managing Partner https://www.dehns.com/people/adrian-samuels/ Mechanical engineering / Consulting / Dispute resolution / Software / Physics / Electronics
Adrian Samuels is a UK and European Patent Attorney with an MA in Physics from Oxford University. He handles patent work in various fields of physics and engineering. Adrian has extensive experience of drafting original patent applications for direct clients, from startups to larger established companies; in particular he helps them take a commercially-focused strategic approach to building an IP portfolio which maximises company value. He also has indepth experience in contentious matters including European oppositions and UK and US litigation. He handles patent work in various engineering fields including ultrasonic interfaces, control systems for domestic appliances, fluid control valves and various areas of physics such as optics and optical sensors. Adrian also has a significant practice in electronics both at systems level and component level; and in computer-implemented inventions, mainly for smaller companies in areas which have include telecommunications, short range radio data communication, mathematical modelling and microprocessor design. His telecommunications experience includes drafting applications in the LTE/5G space – particularly as they apply to IoT devices.
Partner https://www.dehns.com/people/laura-ramsay/ Mechanical engineering / Consulting / Dispute resolution / Physics Laura is a European and UK patent attorney recognised in the Legal 500 by her clients as being both innovative and practical in her approach. Laura handles patent work in various fields spanning physics, engineering and materials science, including medical devices, renewable energy, nanomaterials, semiconductors, aerospace engineering, composite materials, process technologies, spectrometry, electromechanical controls and oil/gas exploration. She drafts and prosecutes both UK and European patent applications in these fields. A number of Laura’s clients are start-ups or small/medium sized businesses at an early stage. Here her focus is on working closely with the client to create an IP strategy that fits with commercial objectives. She advises on background landscape searching, building a useful portfolio of IP rights, IP licensing, and how to deal with third party rights or possible infringements. She can advise on all aspects of patent and design law including worldwide patent filing strategies, utility model and design registrations, enforcement of patents in Europe, IP licensing, and issues of infringement and validity.
Partner https://www.dehns.com/people/greg-iceton/ Mechanical engineering / Physics / Trade Marks / Designs Greg is a fully qualified European and UK Chartered Patent Attorney. He is also a European Trade Mark Attorney. Greg acts for many SMEs as well as large corporate clients. He also works closely with many associates abroad to ensure that his clients get the best possible protection in other jurisdictions. Greg regularly attends hearings and events at the EPO. He prosecutes patent and design applications in various fields including ICT, electrical and mechanical engineering. Greg also has experience in handling patent applications relating to business methods and software.
IP Management Consultant https://www.dehns.com/people/axel-moulin/ Consulting Axel is an IP management consultant with extensive technology and business background, including large international contracts and R&D collaborations. He is a European Trademark and Design Attorney and has filed and prosecuted numerous trademarks with the European and Norwegian trademark offices (EUIPO, NIPO). Axel also actively prosecutes patents with the Norwegian patent office (NIPO). Axel has worked extensively with startup companies on securing IP ownership, mitigating risk, and attracting funding. Capturing innovations and formalizing their ownership, investigating patent and trademark landscape for Freedom to Operate/Use, every day preparing the company for Due Diligence, are common aspects of his work. Axel routinely advises his clients with IP management under preparation, negotiation, operation and closing of R&D collaborations, be they EU Horizon or Norwegian projects. From early-stage research project screening to licensing or exit, he has a long experience developing IP portfolio and IP management practice to generate competitive advantage from innovative technology. Axel advises on IP strategy, policies and implementation of routines. He also initiates, advises on and supervises filing and prosecution of IP rights worldwide. The clients Axel mainly works with are SMEs, incubators and research institutes, where he helps develop projects and companies via the use of the most adapted IP instruments. Axel has a broad industrial background from process industry, oil, infrastructure equipment and software, as well as experience in various fields such as offshore wind, energy conversion, or nutraceuticals.
IP Management Consultant https://www.dehns.com/people/haakon-thue-lie/ Consulting