Our People
We understand that people are the key to our success and we invest heavily in them.
As well as comprehensive training in IP matters, we offer support to develop a variety of skills in other areas, ranging from commercial awareness skills to well-being techniques.
Our people are an interesting group with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We think that you will enjoy working with them.
BSc (Hons), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, European Patent Attorney, Member of the Institute of Physics, Member of UNION.
Caroline read physics at Loughborough University and was a Patent Examiner in the UK Patent Office (now the UK IPO) handling applications in the areas of textile technologies, downhole mining and oilfield equipment and optical devices. Caroline joined Potter Clarkson in 1999 and became a partner in 2010.
Caroline deals with patent and design matters within the Designs and Engineering Group encompassing a number of disciplines including logistics, power distribution, automotive engineering, mining equipment and medical devices, and has continued to develop an expertise in textile technologies. In the textiles area in particular Caroline leads several of our key client teams.
As well as having extensive experience of prosecuting UK and European patent applications, and representing clients in hearings before the European Patent Office, Caroline has been involved in litigation in the UK, Canada and Australia, and has considerable experience in patent and design ownership and licence recordal issues.