Dr Richard Gillard > Elkington + Fife LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Elkington + Fife LLP Offices
THAVIES INN HOUSE
3-4 HOLBORN CIRCUS
LONDON
EC1N 2HA
England
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Dr Richard Gillard
Work Department
UK and European patent attorney.
Position
Partner
Career
Richard has 18 years of experience in a wide range of disciplines, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, materials, chemical processes, inks and printing, semiconductor fabrication and nanotechnology. Richard has experience in the full range of patent services, including drafting, prosecution, opposition and opinion work. Richard spends a considerable amount of time working for generics pharmaceutical companies. He regularly provides opinions to some of the largest generics companies in Europe. Richard has also recently been working with some of the largest law firms in the UK in taking cases from opinions to bringing UK revocation proceedings. Richard also has continued heavy involvement in EPO opposition work. Richard has been involved in a number of multiparty EPO opposition proceedings. Richard maintains a general portfolio of clients in other areas of chemistry and life sciences, and often sends and receives instructions from a number of large US, Japanese and Korean private practice firms. Specialist technical fields include: materials science; medical technology; pharmaceuticals; semiconductors. Areas of expertise include: due diligence; filing and prosecution; freedom to operate opinions; oppositions and appeals; portfolio management.
Languages
English, French and German
Education
University of Birmingham (BSc, PH.d); University of Montpellier.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
Elkington + Fife LLP has demonstrable expertise in EPO opposition and appeals work, and it offers its pharmaceutical clients support with the entire lifecycle of their patent mandates; the group represents four of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. London-based senior partner Richard Gillard, praised as ‘tenacious and knowledgeable’, sits at the helm of the chemistry and life sciences practice with strong experience in opposition and appeals work and, while Nick Ertl in Sevenoaks chairs the electrical and mechanical group. Ertl is skilled in patent drafting for corporate clients, including for medical imaging, display technology, electronic circuits, optical communications equipment, and many more products. James Anderson (Sevenoaks) is highly adept at advising clients on mechanical, materials, and engineering patents, and London-based Jens Grabenstein is growing the firm’s biotechnology offering.