Person

Timothy Powell

Partner

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.

DateNews Infomation
Nov
02
2011
UK IPO Calls for Evidence in Designs Consultation Process

The UK Intellectual Property Office has called for those having an interest in the industrial design field to comment on the relationship between design and innovation.

The consultation has resulted from a recommendation in the Hargreaves Review of IP and Growth of the establishment of a legal framework that positively supports innovation in design-related industries.

 

Oct
27
2011
Further recognition as a leading firm by Chambers UK 2012

The newly available results for Chambers UK 2012 list Potter Clarkson LLP as a leading firm of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys. As well as achieving band 1 status, which is the highest recommendation possible, four of the firm's Partners were also mentioned as key individuals.