FRANCIS HOUSE, 112 HILLS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1PH, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 01223 364422
- Fax:
- Fax 01223 355848
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- 122891 CAMBRIDGE 4
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- www.mills-reeve.com
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Alasdair Poore
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- Work +44 1223 222248
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Work Department
Technology.
Position
Head of technology team: intellectual property and technology law including patent, trade mark, designs filing and prosecution; advice and negotiations on licensing and exploitation, including competition law advice and transactional advice; advice on IPR as security, litigation and mediation of IPR disputes, including infringement; inventorship and commercial disputes, including recent enforcement of Community Registered Designs resulting in destruction of golf clubs for a major sports goods manufacturer, patent litigation concerning wireless networking solutions and successful mediation of major healthcare software copyright dispute. Specialist expertise in computers, electronics and communications technology. Also public sector technology issues, including leading role in public procurement of IT systems, eg for leading UK universities, a major industry regulatory body and in the NHS, including TETRA/O2 radio systems for ambulances, Oracle software and services from CAP-Gemini, Fujitsu, IBM and others.
Career
Trained Fountain Court, Middle Temple 1977-79; patent and licensing attorney Shell International Petroleum 1979-86; senior solicitor Lovell White Durrant 1986-90; solicitor/partner Clyde & Co 1990-95; solicitor Mills & Reeve 1995-96; partner 1996. Director, WCMC-2000 (charity).
Member
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys; Licensing Executives Society; International Trade Mark Association.
Education
Clifton College, Bristol; Clare College, Cambridge University (1976 Natural Sciences and Law Foundation Scholarship); College of Law (1977 Bar Finals); Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (1983 Finals).
Leisure
Cycling, mountaineering, real tennis, squash, singing.
Practice Areas
EU and competition; Intellectual property; Information technology
