Alice Findlay > Reddie & Grose LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Reddie & Grose LLP
THE WHITECHAPEL BUILDING
10 WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET
LONDON
E1 8QS
England

Work Department

Patents, Trade Marks & Designs

Position

Chairman
On the patent side, Alice’s practice is widespread but with particular focus on the mechanical and material science sectors. Product areas range from everyday household items to sophisticated medical equipment. She has extensive experience with Oral Proceedings at the European Patent Office at the Examining Division, Opposition Division and Appeal Board levels. She has attended over 40 Oral Proceedings at the EPO Munich alone and has significant experience of how to get the best for her clients, both in examination and opposition.

Alice’s trade mark clients include a number whose marks are household names. She handles clearing marks for use, through to filing and inter partes issues pre- and post-registration. When working with both trade marks and designs, Alice regularly gets involved in disputes between rights holders and alleged infringers. Her approach is to endeavour to achieve a pragmatic settlement but to fight when the occasion warrants it. This has proved extremely successful over the years.

Career

Alice joined Reddie & Grose in November 2007. She has over 30 years’ experience of advising clients on patent, trade mark and design matters, having previously been a partner in the Lloyd Wise Group for 15 years.

Alice is the chairman of PAMIA Limited, the mutual insurer through which the great majority of British and Irish patent and trade mark attorneys obtain their first level insurance cover. Through her nearly 20 years’ involvement, Alice has helped build this extremely successful business.

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)

Education

Chartered Trade Mark Attorney (1991)

European Patent Attorney (1991)

Chartered Patent Attorney (1991)

MA Engineering Science, Cambridge University (1986)

Leisure

In her free time Alice particularly enjoys the theatre and is currently a sponsor of new playwriting at the Bush Theatre in West London.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Chairman Alice Findlay and executive partner Jan Vleck oversee the practice at Reddie & Grose LLP, which has a wide-ranging patent offering. Key workstreams include drafting, filing, prosecutions and oppositions, as well as support with enforcement, defence, IP strategy, and disputes. Julie Millburn helms the engineering, materials and consumer products group, while Nick Reeve heads up the electronics and software group. Neil Thornton chairs the life sciences offering. Simon Goodman leads the Cambridge office, where he focuses chiefly on biotechnological, pharmaceutical, and chemical patent work.

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

Reddie & Grose LLP‘s offering encompasses the entire spectrum of building trademark portfolios for clients in the consumer products, entertainment and media, technology, charity, and financial sectors, including filing, prosecution, opposition and enforcement work. With expertise in the automotive industry, Helen Wakerley jointly leads the team alongside Patrick Lloyd. Chairman Alice Findlay and executive partner Jan Vleck are further key members of the team. Tom Sharman – a UK and European trademark, patent, and design attorney with a strong emphasis on assisting UK-based businesses with their global expansion strategies – is also recommended.