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Matt Dixon

Executive Chair

Services: Patents

mdixon@beckgreener.com

Ian Bartlett

Partner & Head of Trade Marks

Services: Copyright Designs Disputes IP strategy Trade marks

Expertise: Creative & brands

ibartlett@beckgreener.com

Rowland Buehrlen

Services: Copyright Designs Disputes Trade marks

Expertise: Creative & brands

rbuehrlen@beckgreener.com

Avi Freeman

Partner & Head of Software/Engineering

Services: Designs IP strategy Patents

Expertise: Automotive Chemistry Clean & green tech Computer hardware & software Computing & consumer electronic devices Digital business Electronics Engineering & physics Fintech Heavy engineering Medical & diagnostic devices Networking solutions Optics & photonics Semiconductor & solid state devices

afreeman@beckgreener.com

Ben Muir

Partner & Head of Life Sciences

Services: Patents

Expertise: Biotechnology Chemical engineering Chemistry Materials Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

bmuir@beckgreener.com

John P. Hull

Services: Disputes Patents

Expertise: Agriculture Chemistry Materials Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

jhull@beckgreener.com

James A. Stones

Partner & Head of Chemistry

Services: Designs Patents

Expertise: Chemical engineering Chemistry Green energy Materials Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

jstones@beckgreener.com

Anna L. Hatt

Services: Patents

Expertise: Agriculture Chemical engineering Chemistry Materials Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

ahatt@beckgreener.com

Nick P. Bebbington

Services: Designs Patents

Expertise: Clean & green tech Computer hardware & software Computing & consumer electronic devices Digital business Electronics Engineering & physics Fintech Household consumer devices Internet of things (IoT) & AI Networking solutions

nbebbington@beckgreener.com

Jonathan P. J. Markham

Services: IP strategy Patents

Expertise: Automotive Clean & green tech Computer hardware & software Computing & consumer electronic devices Digital business Electronics Engineering & physics Heavy engineering Household consumer devices Optics & photonics Semiconductor & solid state devices

jmarkham@beckgreener.com

Catherine Jewell

Services: Patents Trade marks

Expertise: Chemistry Materials Medical & diagnostic devices Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

cjewell@beckgreener.com

Deborah Selden

Services: Patents Trade marks

Expertise: Agriculture Chemical engineering Chemistry Green energy Materials Medical & life sciences Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering

dselden@beckgreener.com

Duncan J. Morgan

Services: Copyright Designs Disputes Trade marks

Expertise: Creative & brands

dmorgan@beckgreener.com

Varuni Paranavitane

Services: Genetic resources and digital sequence information Pharmaceuticals Litigation Nagoya Protocol Multijurisdictional disputes coordination Trade secrets and confidential information Copyright Designs Patents Trade marks

Expertise: Genetic resources and digital sequence information Designs Patent Trade secrets and confidential information Trade marks Passing Off Copyright Litigation Multijurisdictional disputes coordination Nagoya Protocol Pharmaceuticals

VParanavitane@beckgreener.com

Claire Irvine

Services: EPO oppositions and appeals IP strategy Patents

cirvine@beckgreener.com

Nick Kirkham

Services: Designs Patents

Expertise: Chemistry Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences

nkirkham@beckgreener.com

John Miller

Services: Patents

Expertise: Designs Consumer electronic devices Artificial Intelligence machine learning & IoT Automotive Computer hardware & software Electronics Engineering & physics Medical & diagnostic devices Optics & photonics Semiconductor & solid state devices

jmiller@beckgreener.com

Susan Davey

Services: Disputes Trade marks

Expertise: Creative & brands

sdavey@beckgreener.com

Sue Scott

Services: Trade marks

Expertise: Creative & brands

sscott@beckgreener.com

Matthew Ng

Services: Patents

Expertise: Clean & green tech Computer hardware & software Computing & consumer electronic devices Digital business Electronics Engineering & physics Heavy engineering Networking solutions Optics & photonics Semiconductor & solid state devices

mng@beckgreener.com

Kashif Syed

Services: Copyright Designs Disputes Trade marks

Expertise: Creative & brands

ksyed@beckgreener.com

Sarah-Jane Crawford

Services: Patents

Expertise: Chemical engineering Chemistry Green energy Materials Medical & life sciences Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

scrawford@beckgreener.com

Jessica Vallis

Services: Trade marks

Expertise: Creative & brands

jvallis@beckgreener.com

Deborah Hart

Services: Patents

Expertise: Biotechnology Chemical engineering Chemistry Green energy Materials Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

dhart@beckgreener.com

Sophie Warwicker

Services: Patents

Expertise: Biotechnology Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences Pharmaceuticals

swarwicker@beckgreener.com

Amy Nick

Services: Patents

Expertise: Biotechnology Medical & diagnostic devices Medical & life sciences Pharmaceuticals

anick@beckgreener.com

Ellen Walkin

Services: Patents

Expertise: Clean & green tech Internet of things (IoT) & AI Optics & photonics Semiconductor & solid state devices

ewalkin@beckgreener.com

Courtenay Patterson

Services: Patents

Expertise: Chemical engineering Chemistry Materials Pharmaceutical & chemical engineering Pharmaceuticals

cpatterson@beckgreener.com

Isabel Esom

Services: Patents

Expertise: Chemistry Materials Pharmaceuticals

iesom@beckgreener.com

Jack Pickering

Services: Patents

Expertise: Chemical engineering Chemistry Pharmaceuticals

jpickering@beckgreener.com

Robert Curl

rcurl@beckgreener.com

Ian Watts

Chief Operating Officer

iwatts@beckgreener.com

Yaci Cook

Operations Manager

ycook@beckgreener.com

Jane Speer

Human Resources

jspeer@beckgreener.com

Alison Swaden

aswaden@beckgreener.com

Janet Reid

Records & Renewals Manager

jreid@beckgreener.com

Susan Horridge

Paralegal Manager/Records Supervisor

Shorridge@beckgreener.com

Goran Kay

Records & Renewals & Trainee

gkay@beckgreener.com

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