How I can help your business

• Lead complex, cross-disciplinary patent strategies spanning chemical and mechanical technologies, including energy, transport, materials science, and food processing.
• Represent you in high-value and contentious matters, including EPO oppositions, appeals, and international proceedings, with a focus on commercially significant outcomes.
• Build and manage IP portfolios that support funding, growth, and enforcement, from early-stage investment through to IPO and major settlements.

Overview & Expertise

Mark is a Partner, Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney and UPC Representative based in Manchester.

He is recognised for an unusually broad technical practice spanning both chemical and mechanical engineering. His experience covers chemical engineering, cleantech, fuel cells, nanotechnology and materials science, alongside mechanical fields including automotive and aerospace engineering, medical and surgical devices, energy sector components, and food processing technologies. This breadth enables him to provide integrated and commercially grounded advice across complex, multidisciplinary innovations.

Mark has extensive experience in examination, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office, as well as contentious work in other jurisdictions, including Inter Partes Review proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office. He is the relationship partner for several major corporates, including a multi-national power company, a global power tool manufacturer and one of the world’s largest energy companies. He also works closely with start-ups and university spin-outs, supporting the development of robust and commercially relevant IP portfolios that have enabled multiple funding rounds, from seed investment through to IPO and multi-million dollar legal settlements.

He has built an extensive international network through regular work in the US and China, and leads the firm’s US business development group while contributing to its China-focused activities. Mark regularly presents on European IP topics to international audiences.

He is actively involved in the firm’s Net Zero project group and is a member of CIPA’s Sustainability Committee. He also sits on the firm’s EDI Steering Group and initiated its first internship programme for undergraduates from diverse backgrounds, which he continues to lead.

Client Work & Case Experience

• US patents — drafted and prosecuted a family of US patents that was successfully enforced against a competitor, resulting in a nine-figure out-of-court settlement.
• Venture-backed and listed companies — conducted IP portfolio reviews to secure venture capital funding and support an AIM listing.
• Global portfolio management — managed IP portfolios across more than 30 countries worldwide.