Simon Mounteney > Marks & Clerk > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Marks & Clerk
15 Fetter Lane
LONDON
EC4A 1BW
England

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

As a Partner and Patent Attorney, Simon works with a wide variety of traditional and cutting-edge technologies. He has notable experience in optical and electro-optical devices, display technology, batteries, power generation systems, semiconductor device fabrication, control systems, communications systems, automotive systems and various types of mechanical engineering.

Simon has significant experience of advising on IP portfolio management and patent strategy, with many clients undertaking multinational patent filing programmes. He continues to represent clients who produce some of the World’s most famous consumer products, but he also enjoys working with start-ups that are seeking to develop and structure their intellectual property for revenue generation and to secure investment. In addition, Simon has extensive experience prosecuting patent applications before the UK Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office, where he has also represented clients in oppositions and appeals.

Simon has a particularly strong practice among Asian clients and heads up the firm’s Korean business team.

Simon is listed in the Legal Media Guide to th​e World’s Leading Patent Law Experts and also in the IAM‘s Strategy 300 – a guide to the world’s leading IP strategists. He has also written widely on various aspects of IP and discussed both the law and economics of IP on television.

Career

Simon has over 30 years’ experience working in intellectual property. He has a degree in physics with subsidiary mathematics from the University of Reading and trained as a patent attorney with Marks & Clerk, becoming a Partner in 1996.

Education

BSc (Hons), Physics with Subsidiary Mathematics from the University of Reading

Lawyer Rankings

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys

Marks & Clerk has offices located across the UK, Europe, Canada, Greater China, and the Asia Pacific, and the team provides clients with an all-encompassing patent offering, from support with initial filing to representation in litigation and commercial exploitation. Its client base includes large pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, high-profile electronic, engineering, and software companies, SMEs, start-ups, and universities. 3D printing, machine learning, and AI all remain key areas of activity for the group, especially regarding filing applications. The practice is jointly led by Simon Mounteney and Robin Oxley, both of whom are in the firm’s London office. Another notable team member is Will Nieuwenhuys, who provides clients with support regarding the global management of patent portfolios and freedom to operate mandates. The clean technology arena is a key focus for Thomas Prock, and David Grant is strong in advising on mathematical and software-based inventions within the digital technology, AI, and machine-learning industries.