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Maucher Jenkins Offices
7th Floor, Artillery House
11-19 Artillery Row
LONDON
SW1P 1RT
England
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James Cross
Work Department
Patents | IP Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
James is a Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney and Higher Courts Litigator.
He advises blue chip clients on cross-border patent protection, portfolio management and enforcement, as well as freedom to operate. He is highly regarded for his technical expertise which includes mobile and contactless payments systems, wireless chipsets, mobile satellite and terrestial cellular communications, satellite broadcast receivers and personal video recorders. His expertise also extends to biometric scanners, green tech, automative and aircraft engineering, domestic appliances and thermostatic controls.
Work of late has seen him advise a major international bank – developing a broad portfolio of patents and identifying key infringement risks. He has also assisted BA with patenting First and Club World seats to maintain a distinctive offering for customers. He has further advised Sky on developing a patent portfolio, and has handled patenting aspects of satellite based broadband services for Inmarsat.
Career
Trained at Page White & Farrer as well as Maucher Jenkins (previously RGC Jenkins & Co.) and qualified 1995.
Partner Maucher Jenkins 2001.
Current directorships: Jenkins IP Ltd.
Publications of note: contributor to ‘Modern Law of Patents’, 1st Edition.
Languages
French, Russian (to O-level), Spanish, German (basic).
Memberships
AIPLA, AIPPI
Education
Eton College; Merton College, Oxford (1990 BA Physics, CPA, 1995 EPA, 2005 LLM). Patent attorney litigator 2012.
Leisure
In his spare time, James enjoys cooking and sailing.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
Anglo-German firm Maucher Jenkins has offices located in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and China (with a new office that opened in November 2022 in Upper Francon), and is therefore well-equipped to support a wide range of clients in filing and prosecuting patent applications, as well as assisting with patent portfolio and FTO reviews, and validity and infringement analysis. The team also boasts specialist patent litigators across the UK and Germany. In London, James Cross heads up the IT, satellites, software, fintech, and electronics work while Cambridge-based Hugh Dunlop chairs the telecoms, green energy, and the Internet-of-Things matters. Reuben Jacob (Edinburgh) spearheads the life sciences team, with expertise across medtech, pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemistry, and agrochemicals, and Holly Whitlock (Edinburgh) and Phil Treeby (London) both lead the engineering, physics, and mathematics patenting group.