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John graduated from Nottingham University in 1983 with a degree in physics. He has experience in both private practice and in an industrial patent department and qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney in 1987 and as a European Patent Attorney in 1988. He joined Saunders & Dolleymore in 1989 and became a partner in 1992. John specialises in patent application and prosecution in the physics, electronics, computing and telecommunications fields. He is a Registered Trade Mark Attorney, a Community Trade Mark and Design Attorney and a member of FICPI, and regularly attends their international meetings. John is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
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Chris graduated from Exeter University in 1974 with a degree in Engineering Science. After 8 years as an examiner in the UK Patent Office, specialising in agricultural machinery, he joined the profession in 1983 and qualified as both a UK and European patent attorney in 1986. He joined Saunders & Dolleymore in 1992 and became a partner in the same year. Chris divides his time between mechanical patents and trade marks and is a member of CIPA, ITMA and INTA.
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Janice joined Saunders & Dolleymore in February 1986, becoming a partner in 1997. Janice has a BA in Mathematics and Earth Sciences and has an ongoing interest in matters both technical and scientific. She has wide experience of trade mark practice, having dealt with most aspects of the protection, exploitation and enforcement of trade marks in the UK, the EC, under the Madrid arrangement directly, and in most other countries via local attorneys. She is a Registered Trade Mark Attorney, a Fellow of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and an authorised representative before OHIM (the EU Trade Marks Registry). Janice is a contributor to Sweet & Maxwell’s European Trade Mark Litigation Hand Book and to Markenkompendium published by Wila Verlag Wilhelm Lampl GmbH.
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Stuart graduated from Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology in 1987 with a degree in physics and joined the patent department of a multinational electronics and telecommunications company. The diverse interests of this company resulted in him additionally obtaining considerable experience in the fields of software, fluid dynamics and electro mechanics. Stuart joined Saunders & Dolleymore in 2002 and became a partner in 2003. He is a both a UK Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney.
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Philippa graduated from Bristol University in 1990 with a degree in Chemistry. She commenced training with Saunders & Dolleymore in 1991 and qualified as a Trade Mark Attorney in 1994 and as a Chartered Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney in 1995. She is also a Community Trade Mark and Design Attorney. After obtaining experience in the patent department of a multi-national consumer products company and in another firm of patent & trade mark attorneys, where she became a partner, Philippa re-joined Saunders & Dolleymore in 2004. She specialises in chemical and mechanical patent matters and in trade mark matters.
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Vicki qualified as UK and European Trade Mark Attorney in 2001. At that time Vicki practised under her maiden name Cowland. She joined Saunders & Dolleymore LLP in 2000 and became a Partner in 2007. Prior to joining Saunders & Dolleymore LLP, Vicki gained a wealth of experience in the trade mark field working for a number of years in-house at a major communications and entertainment group and then in private practice in London. Vicki practices in all areas of UK, EU and Worldwide trade mark protection, including the filing, prosecution, enforcement and assignment of trade marks. She has a solid knowledge of the Madrid Protocol System . Vicki also has experience in arranging and conducting meetings between disputing parties, in order to give both parties the opportunity to negotiate a form of settlement.
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