Paul Cozens > Mathys & Squire LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Mathys & Squire LLP
THE SHARD
32 LONDON BRIDGE STREET
LONDON
SE1 9SG
England

Work Department

Intellectual property

Position

Paul Cozens has over 30 years of experience in the IP profession, which includes a track record constructing from scratch a number of major patent portfolios in addition to carving out useful patent monopoly in difficult areas. He has also undertaken a number of critical infringement risk assessment assignments over an array of technical areas.

Paul’s clients span the engineering and software sectors, as well as blue chip names in the financial services sector, where he is at the forefront of developing techniques for procuring patent protection for business process inventions. He also acts for clients in the environmental technology sector, including in the areas of wind and distributed energy, and is handling an increasing volume of instructions in relation to the areas of AI and cryptocurrency.

Career

Examples of Paul’s clients include large corporates such as De’Longhi Braun Household, Kenwood Limited, United Utilities and Honeywell, several SMEs including Semafone Limited and Halma, and a large number of startups and early stage companies generated through his relationships with incubators and accelerators.

In addition to being a registered Patent and Trade Mark Attorney, Paul is a qualified Higher Courts Litigator. He led the team that successfully represented Memco (now Avire) v Strack in patent infringement proceedings in the IPEC.

Paul heads up the firm’s large Engineering group. He also speaks at seminars on topics including accelerators and incubators and has contributed to a number of publications in the field of IP.

Memberships

He is a Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Design Attorney, and Registered Trade Mark Agent.

He sits on the Software Committee of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents.

Education

Paul has a Master’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics from the University of London, and has subsequent experience as a practising engineer.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Mathys & Squire LLP’s ‘depth of knowledge in IP law’ extends to patent-related mandates, and its client roster includes large global companies, as well as start-ups, entrepreneurs, and universities. The group has demonstrable strength in opposition proceedings and is able to utilise the firm’s litigation team, and it is also handling an increasing number of patent filings. London-based Jane Clark heads up the team with notable experience in the IT sector alongside engineering specialist Paul Cozens, chemistry specialist Chris Hamer, life science expert Martin MacLean, and Alan MacDougall in Cambridge, who has extensive expertise in the electronics and communications sectors. Dani Kramer is another key team member and he ‘is highly recommended as an experienced professional with a proven track record in IP matters’.