Ben Willows > EIP > Bath, England > Lawyer Profile
EIP Offices
WESTPOINT, JAMES STREET WEST
BATH
BA1 2DA
England
Ben Willows
Work Department
EIP Digital, EIP Dynamics, EIP Energy, EIP HealthTech
Position
Managing Associate, UK and European Patent Attorney, Design Attorney
Career
Ben joined EIP from the IP department at Dyson where he was responsible for managing patent portfolios in the fields of motors and power systems, automotive powertrain, and automotive electrical engineering. At Dyson Ben’s role included creating and implementing global patent filing strategies, conducting freedom-to-operate reviews and drafting and prosecution of patent applications worldwide. He also gained further experience in opposition and appeal proceedings, the monitoring of third-party rights, and registered designs.
Since joining EIP, Ben has dealt with inventions in a wide range of technology areas, and his work spans several of EIP’s practice groups. Particular areas of experience and interest for Ben include consumer electronics, aerospace, power electronics, autonomous vehicles, image processing systems, and computer systems and software. Recently Ben has carried out extensive drafting to further enhance the patent portfolios of several clients, as well as successfully representing clients in Examination Division and Opposition Division oral proceedings at the EPO, and hearings at the UKIPO. Ben takes an active role in EIP’s training program, providing tutorials and training assistance for several trainee attorneys.
Ben also has previous private practice experience, where he worked for clients in technology areas including medical and healthcare devices, construction, and LED lighting systems.
- 2022 — present
Managing Associate, EIP - 2020 — 2022
Senior Associate, EIP - 2019 — 2020
Associate, EIP - 2017 — 2019
Patent Attorney, Dyson Technology Limited - 2012 — 2017
Associate, Adamson Jones IP
Education
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2017
- European Patent Attorney, 2016
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney, 2016
- 2008 — 2012
MSci (Hons) Natural Sciences, University of Durham
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
EIP boasts a team of both patent attorneys and IP litigators who seamlessly cooperate to handle a range of domestic and cross-border litigation mandates for clients, having appeared before the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, as well as in EPO opposition and appeal hearings. The life sciences and medical technology industries are key areas of activity for the practice, and its offering also includes support with the development and enforcement of IP rights. The team is jointly led by London-based Jerome Spaargaren and Heather McCann, and Matt Lawman in Bath. Spaargaren also heads up the firm’s digital sector group, McCann divides her time between the UK and the US, and Lawman boasts expertise in electronics and software-related work. Other key members of the team include Monika Rai (London), a life sciences specialist who often handles contentious proceedings at the EPO, Ben Willows (Bath), who has substantial experience with consumer electronics, printers, and aerospace, and London-based AI and machine-learning expert Ben Maling.