Mathys & Squire's approach to the protection and commercial management of IP sets it apart. Its teams are approachable, proactive and easy to deal with, and work as trusted advisers in partnership with our clients in pursuit of their long-term business objectives.
Mathys & Squire LLP is a full service Intellectual Property Law firm, established over 100 years, and dedicated to protecting and maximising the value of your technologies, brands and designs. We have offices in Cambridge, London, Manchester, Reading and York. Our patent and trade mark attorneys have considerable long-term experience working with universities and other research institutions, entrepreneurs, spin-outs and start-up companies, as well as larger corporate clients from around the world.
Mathys & Squire LLP has one of the leading practices before the European and UK patent offices. Our patent attorneys work across a number of specialist technical disciplines including Information Technology and Communications, Electronics and Engineering, Medical Devices and Healthcare, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, Chemistry and Process Engineering, Nanotechnology and Materials, and Energy and Environmental Technology.
Alan McDougall
Alan is head of the Cambridge office of Mathys & Squire. He has an Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a Masters Degree in Communications, Digital Signal Processing and Control from Strathclyde University. He qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 1997. He has significant experience in electrical, electronic, acoustics, communications and computing technologies. Alan specialises in drafting and prosecuting patent applications for information technology inventions, both hardware and software, and has detailed knowledge of networking and communications technologies. Alan also has extensive knowledge of sensing devices, such as inductive and capacitive sensors used in the automotive and computer fields. Alan also has expertise in both opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office.
James Pitchford
James obtained an MA honours degree in Natural Sciences (Physics and Materials Science) and a PhD in Materials Science, both from the University of Cambridge. His research work focused on the high temperature deformation of materials, especially oxide ceramics, and contributed to the development of materials for aerospace components and electronic substrates. He entered the patent profession in 2000, and qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 2005 and a Chartered Patent Attorney in 2006.James joined Mathys & Squire in 2012, and specialises in patent work in the physics, electronics, engineering and materials science sectors. He also has a keen professional interest in computing and communications technology. James has drafted, filed and prosecuted a diverse range of patent applications, in the UK, Europe and internationally, including an appreciable number relating to computer software. He is also experienced in opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office.
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