Gillian Taylor > Reddie & Grose LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Gillian Taylor

Work Department

Patents

Position

Partner

Gillian handles patent work in the chemical and general mechanical fields, including food technology, the tobacco industry, manufacturing processes, wind turbine construction, building materials and packaging.

Career

Gillian joined Reddie & Grose in 2003 and became a partner in 2011.

Gillian’s clients include a number of multinational corporations, and Gillian accordingly has considerable experience of filing, prosecuting, and managing patent portfolios in a large number of countries around the world.

Gillian regularly provides infringement opinions and clearance searches for her clients, and advises on obtaining design protection internationally. She is also very experienced at drafting new patent applications and has assisted clients with invention harvesting.

Gillian has spent nine months on secondment for a large multinational company in Switzerland, and a number of weeks at a firm of Japanese patent attorneys in Tokyo gaining experience of Japanese patent practice.

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)

Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (EPI)

Education

European Patent Attorney (2007)

Chartered Patent Attorney (2007)

Certificate in Intellectual Property, Queen Mary College, University of London

Master’s in Natural Sciences, Cambridge University (2003)

Leisure

Outside of work, Gillian enjoys music, cooking and spending time with her young children.