How I can help your business

• Guide you through the drafting and prosecution of patent and design applications in the UK, Europe and internationally.
• Represent you in patent prosecution, oppositions and appeals before the UKIPO and European Patent Office.
• Provide practical guidance on patent strategy across a wide range of technical and engineering sectors.

Overview & Expertise

Julian is a Partner, Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney and UPC Representative based in the Oxford office. He advises clients ranging from individuals and start‑ups to multinational organisations on all aspects of patent practice, including drafting, prosecution and strategic advice, as well as hearings before the UK Intellectual Property Office and oral proceedings before the European Patent Office in prosecution, opposition and appeal matters.

He works across a wide range of technical areas, including electronics, software, semiconductor devices, medical technologies, telecommunications, energy and a broad spectrum of engineering fields. His experience enables him to support clients in protecting and enforcing IP rights across complex and evolving technologies.

Julian holds Honours and Master’s degrees in Physics from the University of Oxford. After qualifying in the UK, he spent four years working in Australia, where he qualified as an Australian patent and trade mark attorney. He became a partner in the firm in 1997 and later served on the board of Marks & Clerk International.

He has been a member of the Council of the European Patent Institute (epi) since 2017 and has also served on the Council of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA). He is a member of the epi ICT group and the CIPA Computer Technology Committee, and has published articles in professional journals including the CIPA Journal and epi‑Information.