Mike Williams > Marks & Clerk > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Marks & Clerk Offices
1 NEW YORK STREET
MANCHESTER
M1 4HD
England
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Mike Williams
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Mike is an expert in patent matters relating to digital technologies, and in particular artificial intelligence (AI). Mike is the lead partner on our AI Reports, in which we studied the impact of the spectacular growth in AI on patent filings at the European Patent Office (EPO) over the last two decades.
Mike’s background in Computer Science, in which he holds a master’s degree from University of Manchester, gives him the ideal technical foundation to understand his client’s inventions in all matters of digital technologies. In addition to artificial intelligence, Mike has extensive experience of patent matters relating to all aspects of computer science, including signal processing, image analysis, communications protocols, computer graphics. Mike also is also an expert in the area of lithographic systems, analogue and digital electronics.
Mike’s uses his technical expertise and commercial focus to advise a broad range of clients from large multinational companies to universities and SMEs. Mike’s international practice means that he is fluent in drafting and prosecuting patent applications throughout the world, and advising clients to navigate contentious matters.
Mike is also the partner responsible for both Marks & Clerk’s Training Academy and our Client Academy.
Career
Mike became a partner of the firm in 2016.
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property, University of Manchester
MEng, Computer Science, University of Manchester
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
Marks & Clerk’s ‘highly intelligent and commercial team’ supports large pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, as well as start-ups, SMEs and academic institutions. It also counts major players in the electronics and engineering spaces amongst its sizeable client base, and the team has demonstrable strength in assisting clients with patents regarding 3D printing, machine learning, and AI, especially with filing patent applications. Simon Mounteney and Robin Oxley jointly lead the team for London, which is also home to Will Nieuwenhuys, whose practice encompasses the entirety of the patent lifecycle, from drafting applications and prosecutions before the UKIPO and the EPO, to global portfolio management. Manchester-based Mike Williams has expertise in digital technologies, especially AI, and Thomas Prock (London) leads the additive manufacturing and 3D printing practice.