Mark Kramer
Mark is an experienced intellectual property (IP) lawyer advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters across the full range of IP rights. He joined Potter Clarkson in 2021 to lead the firm’s London solicitor team. His clients range from multinationals to start-ups and individuals, all of whom value his clear, commercially focused advice.
Mark supports clients across sectors as varied as financial services, automotive, green-tech, creative industries, FMCG and aviation, helping them protect, commercialise and enforce their IP.
He has significant non-contentious experience, working closely with clients and often in collaboration with the firm’s leading patent and trade mark attorneys. His work ensures that the contractual framework around a client’s IP supports their commercial and developmental goals. He also plays a key role in Potter Clarkson’s IP due diligence offering, supporting investors, acquirers and target companies.
Mark’s contentious experience spans the full range of IP rights. He has represented clients before the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC). Much of his contentious work has an international focus, and he has considerable experience in leading and coordinating international disputes.
- Recent ‘hard IP’ contentious experience:
- Preparing a global litigation and commercialisation strategy for an entrepreneur in the telecommunications security space
- Assisting an innovative Chinese consumer goods client with enforcing its UK patent portfolio as part of a wider European strategy
- Supporting Stephen Thaler in his endeavours to secure clarity from the UK courts on the status of AI ‘inventors’
- Supporting a national retail company against accusations of patent infringements by a notorious and well-funded Non-Practising Entity (NPE) in the lighting space
- Recent ‘soft IP’ contentious experience:
- Helping easyGroup enforce its easy family of brands in the UK and internationally
- Asserting trade mark rights against a US tech giant on behalf of a UK recruiter
- Coordinating the protection of a North American headquartered branding agency against a competitor adopting its brand in various markets
- Protecting a heritage UK skincare brand from the encroachment of legacy sister brands in other jurisdictions
- Recent non-contentious experience:
- Advising a biotech business on structuring its IP to best secure collaborations
- Negotiating a collaboration agreement for an early-stage medtech business
- Securing global coexistence agreements for a cosmetics brand
- Establishing solid contractual arrangements around an AI-based drug discovery platform
Services
- Accredited mediator
- Member, Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)
Mark Kramer offered a no-nonsense approach to negotiations and helped secure a great deal with a major European player for a small US biotech. He was a careful reader of the license agreement, making astute contributions. And he has excellent client management skills.
Mark is excellent at negotiating crucially important patent licensing deals. He works closely with his clientele at each stage of the process, offering valuable strategic insights and pragmatic solutions. Mark also skilfully manages interactions with clients, making sure everyone is on the same page and going in the correct direction. He breaks down complicated patent issues into easily understandable concepts, and is a go-to adviser thanks to his nuanced and rigorous understanding of the law.
If you leave something with him, you can be sure it’s in safe hands and that you’ll get it back in as good a shape as it can be.
- IAM Patent 1000: Litigation
- IAM Patent 1000: Transactions
- WIPR: Recommended Individual
- WTR 1000: Enforcement & Litigation
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How We Live Our Values: Ambition
I’m driven to secure the best possible outcome in every situation, always with my client’s goals in mind.
In My Own Words
The day-to-day problem solving brings me back to the office every day, but the most rewarding part of my role is supporting early-stage businesses with the wit, the drive and the ideas to change the world.
Many of our clients at Potter Clarkson are rising to meet the health or environmental challenges that may, or indeed will, affect us all. It’s a pleasure to support them on that journey, and I hope that our advice has improved their odds of success.
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