Maucher Jenkins has long been recognised as one of Europe’s leading IP firms across the broad field of electronics, computing and software and has pioneered patent law in this field.
IT, Software & Electronics
A number of our partners are experts in this field, including James Cross, Phil Treeby and Holly Whitlock. Between them they have many years’ experience in both industry and the patent profession. They or their associates have degrees in Electronics Engineering, Communications Engineering, Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, and several have practical experience in semiconductor processing, circuit design, display technology and software programming.
Standards
Our attorneys have been involved in many aspects of standards, including:
- filing patent applications on an urgent basis, prosecuting applications with a keen eye on standards essentiality;
- defence against allegations of standards essentiality and of infringement through supply of equipment in accordance with a standard; and
- in offensive and defensive standards licensing negotiations.
Standards with which our attorneys are very familiar include GSM, 3GPP, HSDPA, LTE, IEEE802.11, MPEG, JEDEC and JTAG, including in particular a wide range of codecs.
Sector Expertise
Our technical expertise extends across all industries, technologies and involves all areas of business.
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Our IP attorneys and staff in London are trained in searching and watching, filing and prosecution of our clients’ intellectual property.