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An international team of world-class chemistry specialists

A powerful combination of legal and detailed technical expertise

From polymers to paints, cosmetics to cleaning products, the chemical sector is diverse and ubiquitous in our everyday lives. It’s also highly technical. Chemical firms and investors need advisors with a deep knowledge of chemistry. With Marks & Clerk you get a powerful combination of legal and detailed technical expertise.

Our approach

Our approach is to gain an in-depth knowledge of your technology and your commercial aims. We will work to understand what you need from us and where we can add the most value. We use intelligent and commercially-focused legal thinking to provide your business with astute and relevant advice. We work with our clients in the way that suits them best.

Technical knowledge

Our large and diverse team of over 50 highly-skilled qualified chemistry patent specialists includes PhDs, post-docs, attorneys with industrial research experience and attorneys who have worked for in-house legal departments. We combine our first-hand experience from academia and industry with first class legal knowledge to provide our clients with innovative, practical and commercially-focused advice.

Specialists

for the result you need

Kirsteen Gordon

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney
Kirsteen drafts, files and prosecutes patent applications worldwide and has experience of opposition and appeal work at the European Patent Office.

Michael Lin

Partner Ohio Attorney, US Patent Attorney
Michael graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (biochemistry), worked in a biotech laboratory in Silicon Valley, and graduated from Boston University Law School.

Gianfranco Matteucci

Partner Registered (SG), Italian, and European Patent Attorney, and Italian and European Trade Mark Attorney
Gianfranco is a Singapore Registered Patent Attorney, Italian and European Patent Attorney, and Italian and European Trade Mark Attorney.

Legal expertise

Not only do we have exceptional expertise in drafting patent applications and prosecuting global patent portfolios, we have vast experience in defending and attacking patents post-grant. We frequently represent our clients in opposition and appeal proceedings at the European Patent Office, where our attorneys are able to work closely with our litigation specialists to deliver successful outcomes. Similarly, Marks & Clerk’s teams of specialist UK and Canadian IP litigators regularly handle some of the most complex and high-profile patent litigation heard in the national courts.

In addition to protecting and defending our clients’ IP rights, our team of commercial IP lawyers is highly experienced in advising clients on contracts, agreements and licences. 

Our expertise covers all aspects of IP – our team of trade mark attorneys advises chemical clients on branding strategies to maximise commercial value, as well as providing extensive experience in defending and opposing marks.

At Marks & Clerk, we work with investors, companies and institutions to perform IP due diligence and freedom to operate analysis in the chemistry sphere. Our experience in this area, together with the unique perspective provided by our prosecution, litigation and commercial expertise, provides you with a complete service.

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- 12 May 2022

Newton and Leibniz. Amundsen and Scott. The Space Race.

While it may be an over-simplification of how science progresses, scientific history gives us many chances to ask “who did it first?” or “who discovered it first?”
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- 11 May 2022

Marks & Clerk recognised in Managing IP's 2022 edition of IP Stars

Marks & Clerk is delighted to have 21 practitioners named 'IP Stars' by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) in their annual acknowledgement of leading IP specialists. 
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- 19 April 2022

Neurim v Mylan skirmish: Court of Appeal clarifies license exclusivity requirements and costs order

In its decision, the Court of Appeal clarified certain provisions in a licence did not affect its status as an exclusive licence. The court also considered the appropriate order for costs in light of an unusual set of circumstances following parallel EPO proceedings.
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