Will Nieuwenhuys > Marks & Clerk > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Will Nieuwenhuys
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Will has experience in a variety of technical fields, with particular expertise in small molecule organic and pharmaceutical chemistry. His work encompasses all aspects of patent practice, including original drafting work, the prosecution of patent applications in the United Kingdom and before the European Patent Office (EPO), the management of worldwide patent portfolios, and the preparation of opinions and freedom to operate analyses.
He also has significant experience of EPO opposition and appeal proceedings, and has appeared before the Boards of Appeal of the EPO a number of times. Will also has expertise in relation to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs). In addition to his patent practice, Will also has significant experience in the registration of designs, particularly European Community Registered Designs.
Will was recommended in the inaugural Who’s Who Legal: Patent Agents guide 2015, which praises his “impressive experience”, and was again listed as an expert in 2016.
Career
Will graduated from Oxford University in 2003 with a Masters Degree in Chemistry, which included a year-long research project in the area of asymmetric synthesis. He joined Marks & Clerk in 2003 and qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney and as a European Patent Attorney in 2007.
He became a Partner of the firm in 2010 and is currently a member of the Board of Management of Marks & Clerk LLP.
Languages
Deutsch (German)
English
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.