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A large global team of medical technology experts

In-depth knowledge and expertise that exactly matches your needs

There’s constant innovation in this fast-moving and rapidly growing market. With huge investments (and often lives) at stake and fierce competition to get products to market, getting your IP in place quickly and effectively and clearing your way to market is vital. Our large global team includes experts in a wide range of traditional and high-tech medical technologies. We put time and thought into selecting people whose expertise exactly matches your needs.

Technical expertise

Medical technology is a core area of work for Marks & Clerk. We have more than 100 medical technology experts. Between us, we have a wide range of in-depth knowledge in medical technologies, from traditional to high-tech, including drug delivery, wound management, diagnostic imaging, surgical equipment and in vitro diagnostics.

Specialists

for the result you need

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Graham Burnett-Hall

Partner Solicitor (UK)
Graham is a Partner and a patent litigator at Marks & Clerk Law. He advises across a spectrum of fields encompassing life sciences, telecommunications, electrical engineering and medicinal devices.
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James Cleeve

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney
James has extensive experience handling patents in a very wide range of technologies, especially for electronics, mechanical and electro-mechanical inventions.
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Samantha Collins

Partner Registered and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney (UK)
Samantha is a Partner and Chartered and Registered Trade Mark Attorney (UK) in our Oxford office. Samantha is also head of our national fashion and retail team, and works with both large established retailers and growing, dynamic fashion brands to develop their trade mark protection and enforcement strategies.
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Tim Hargreaves

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney
Tim is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney and works in the fields of electronics, physics, engineering and computer-related inventions.
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Daniel Poh

Singapore Managing Partner Registered (SG) and Chartered (UK) Patent Attorney
Daniel is a Singapore Registered Patent Attorney and Chartered (UK) Patent Attorney.
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Thomas Prock

Partner German, European and Chartered (UK) Patent Attorney
Thomas advises clients in the high-tech field, in particular, in the electronics sector on software, artificial intelligence and internet related subject matter.

Multidisciplinary teams

Working to get the very best result for you

Many of today’s medical technology products involve more than one technology, and traditional MedTech markets are being disrupted by emerging technologies such as AI, extended reality and 3D printing. Because of our size and spread of expertise, we can assemble a team of people with extensive knowledge in each of the relevant technologies. Our people are experienced at coming together in teams and working to get the very best result for you.

Complete IP service

In addition to our patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys, we have a large team of commercial lawyers. They become part of the team where issues such as freedom to operate arise or contracts are required.

Our patent attorneys have a wealth of experience in EPO oppositions and appeals and, together with our skilled IP litigators have a very high success rate in the courts in clearing the way for businesses to enter the market. Before any action is taken, we carefully analyse legal and commercial circumstances and give you clear advice on the cost and the chances of success, enabling you to make a confident commercially-based decision. Marks & Clerk have often succeeded with cases that others have been unable to resolve.

Clients

For many decades, Marks & Clerk has worked with a large number of medical technology businesses. They range from large corporates to fast growth SMEs and operate across all parts of the world.

IP services for medical technology businesses

Ways that we can support you include:

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