Greg’s patent work focusses on mechanical technologies across a range of industries including medical technology, automotive, manufacturing, food and beverage production, and printing. He has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the UK and Europe, as well as co-ordinating prosecution abroad.

Greg often works on contentious matters. He has extensive experience in oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office (EPO), often against the backdrop of co-pending litigation. He has also acted in, and continues to handle, revocation matters before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Greg is frequently involved in clearance work for many of his clients, advising on matters of infringement and validity across a range of jurisdictions. Greg has international experience of patent prosecution and clearance matters, having been seconded to our Hong Kong office in the support of an existing client.

Aside from his patent work, Greg is also a specialist in industrial designs. He has extensive experience filing UK and EU registered design applications as well as foreign prosecution. Greg advises his clients on how to get the most out of their design filing strategy, and is well-practiced in using design protection to complement co-pending patent prosecution. Greg regularly advises on matters of infringement and validity of both registered and unregistered design rights. He has experience in contentious design matters, including the preparing cease and desist letters and product take-down requests for online marketplaces. Greg has written widely on the subject of industrial designs, and has spoken at the London Design Festival on the IP considerations surrounding the use of generative AI.

Greg joined Marks & Clerk in 2014 having graduated with a first class MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Birmingham, where his research focused on fluid mechanics of blood flow. He won the City of Birmingham Silver Jubilee Award in 2013 and was awarded the Frederick Barnes Waldron prize by the IMechE in 2014. Greg has previous industrial experience in the medical technology department of a leading engineering consultancy company.