Summary
Richard has been practising Intellectual Property Law since 1988 and practised as a Partner in a city centre firm of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, before leaving in January 2009 to set up his own practice.
Richard's practice covers a wide range of patent matters in the field of mechanical, electrical, electronic and software technologies as well as a significant amount of trademark and design work. Richard has considerable experience of representing clients in contentious and adversarial proceedings and has personally appeared before the Examining Division, Opposition Division and Technical Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. Richard has instructed Counsel directly in a number of cases before the UK Patents Court and also the Court of Appeal.
Richard has been a tutor for the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg training course for European Patent Attorneys and has lectured on the Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law course at The University of Manchester. Richard has also contributed to the text European Patents SourceFinder.
Expertise
Richard's practice covers a wide range of patent matters in the field of mechanical, electrical, electronic and software technologies as well as a significant amount of trademark and design work. Richard has considerable experience of representing clients in contentious and adversarial proceedings and has personally appeared before the Examining Division, Opposition Division and Technical Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. Richard has instructed Counsel directly in a number of cases before the UK Patents Court and also the Court of Appeal.
Richard has been a tutor for the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg training course for European Patent Attorneys and has lectured on the Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law course at The University of Manchester. Richard has also contributed to the text European Patents SourceFinder.
Experience
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Hill-IP Patent & Trade Mark Attornies
Managing Director
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Qualifications
Richard has an honours degree in Pure and Applied Physics from The University of Manchester and is a Chartered and European Patent Attorney and a European Trade Mark and Design Attorney.
