Mark Scott > Elkington + Fife LLP > Sevenoaks, England > Lawyer Profile
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PROSPECT HOUSE
SEVENOAKS
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Mark Scott
Work Department
UK and European patent attorney and UPC representative
Position
Partner
Career
Mark has experience across a broad range of patent matters, with particular expertise in prosecuting applications before the European Patent Office and the UK Intellectual Property Office, and conducting large-scale freedom-to-operate investigations relating to medical devices for generic pharmaceutical companies, including providing advice on acquisitions and Europe-wide new product launches.
Mark has a degree in chemistry and primarily handles work in the field of materials science, but is uniquely comfortable with a broad range of subject-matter, spanning from pure chemistry to aspects of mechanical engineering. Within these fields, Mark’s work is focused on glasses, ceramic materials, composite materials, respiratory medical devices and auto-injector devices.
Mark joined Elkington + Fife in March 2012, prior to which he worked for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL), specialising in organic and analytical chemistry.
Languages
English
Education
MChem (1st Class Hons) – Chemistry with Industrial Training – University of Warwick
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
Elkington + Fife LLP boasts a team of ‘excellent subject-matter specialists’ that are highly adept at handling UK trade mark filings, oppositions and related disputes, clearances, and recordals. Well-known brands continue to instruct the group with their UK and EU trade mark portfolios, and it has seen an increase in instructions by large commercial firms and foreign associates. Chris McLeod ‘leads a talented and dedicated team’ from the firm’s London office and is praised as a ‘complete genius’. In Sevenoaks, Mark Scott is skilled in registered design mandates, while London-based Allister McManus focuses strongly on contentious matters.