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Justin Hill
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology
Position
Justin Hill is a partner and Head of the Firm’s Patent Prosecution and Opposition practices across Europe. All of the leading independent legal directories have consistently recognized Justin as a Leader in the Field of Intellectual Property. Legal 500 has recently referred to Justin as “hugely impressive” and Chambers Legal ranks him as leader in an elite group of Band 1 European patent attorneys saying “Justin Hill stands out for his exceptional commercial knowledge, understanding of new technologies and IP developments”.
Justin is a European patent attorney and a patent attorney litigator and has previous experience working in research and in industry. His practice includes advising on the preparation and prosecution of UK, European and international patent applications, designs, trade marks, know-how and copyright issues.
Justin is a strategic thinker with international perspectives and IP portfolio management expertise. He sees IP rights as assets for supporting commercial objectives that need to be managed on time and within budget. Justin assists his clients with IP policy formulation and implementation, highly efficient IP filing programs, competitive intelligence and positioning, revenue generation opportunities, IP risk management and IP disputes. He also provides infringement and validity opinions, as well as specializing in opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office. Justin spends a considerable amount of his time in IP negotiations as well as in patent litigation matters before the high court and other national courts.
Justin has a first class honors degree and a Ph.D. from Imperial College in London. The patent attorney team comprises talented scientists and engineers and can handle any area of technology.
Justin sits on the advisory boards of VC and other companies and is a Tech London Advocate.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, a Member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, a Representative before the Office of Harmonization of Internal Markets, and serves on the CIPA advisory Committee for Computer Technologies, as well as the Firm’s Life Science Steering Committee.
Career
European Patent Attorney, European Opposition and Appeals Divisions; Patent Attorney, European Patent Office and UK Patent Office; Patent Attorney Litigator, UK High Court and Appeals Court, and Unitary Patent Court
Justin joined the Firm from Olswang where he was Co-Head of Patents with responsibility for managing patent teams across London and Munich. Before that he spent 10 years at international law firm McDermott Will & Emery, during which time he was Head of the European IP Prosecution and Opposition Practices and built another highly rated full service IP team.
Education
Imperial College London, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Semiconductor Physics
Nottingham Law School, Master of Laws, LL.M., Intellectual Property Litigation
University of London, Chemistry and Business Studies
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
(Leading Individuals)Dentons’ patent attorney practice is well-equipped to assists clients with the development of their global portfolios, and therefore attracts large international clients from the space and defence, AI, automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and telecoms sectors. Other industries of strength for the group include retail, leisure, technology, media, and the public sector. Justin Hill spearheads the firm’s European patents group, including across the UK and German offices. Hill is particularly skilled in handling and developing global patent portfolios and supporting clients with strategy and opposition work. Another notable team member is Alexander Rees, who has extensive experience in patent drafting and prosecution proceedings.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
Recommended by clients for its ‘deepness of knowledge’, Dentons is known for its work in the UK courts, having handled various High Court proceedings. Justin Hill helms the practice, often acting for world class tech companies in patent portfolio matters. Counsel Marie Jansson-Heek has advised clients on opposition and appeal proceedings, while senior associate James Marsden’s experience encompasses enforcement and licensing advisory work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading Individuals London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- PATMA: Patent attorneys London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious) London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
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- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
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