Timothy Powell
BSc (Hons), LLM, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, European Patent Attorney, Registered UK and European Trade Mark Attorney, Patent Agent Litigator, Member of AIPPI and FICPI.
Tim Powell graduated in engineering from Southampton University in 1986 following four years' concurrent industrial sponsorship by a multi-national packaging company.
In 2005 Tim graduated with commendation in the LLM in Intellectual Property Litigation from Nottingham Law School and also obtained a postgraduate certificate in intellectual property litigation from the same university.
After ten years practising in London, Tim joined Eric Potter Clarkson (now Potter Clarkson LLP) in 1995, became a partner in 1997 and joined the firm's Board of Management in 2006. He represents clients active mainly in oilfield equipment, metallurgy, consumer goods, electronic component and optics technologies.
Tim has travelled extensively on business, especially in Asia and the USA. He regularly presents papers on aspects of intellectual property to universities and to international audiences in the USA, China, Korea and elsewhere. Tim has also for many years contributed to the "Inside Careers" Guide to Chartered Patent Agents, and has published numerous papers on intellectual property subjects.
Following ten years' service as a Full Council Member of the European Patents Institute, Tim has spent the past three years as a Substitute Council Member. In March 2011 Tim was re-elected as a Full Member of epi Council.
Tim additionally contributes to the work of committees of the UK's Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. He is also a Member of the Patent Agent Litigators' Society.
