Boult Wade Tennant LLP

Nicholas, is a Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney and European Design Attorney in the Engineering and Designs Group and the High Tech and Electrical Group.

Partner

I represent clients from start-ups to household name multinationals in sectors that range from consumer electronics to heavy machinery, from medtech to greentech.

I love variety, so it suits me well to be working with clients large and small on a wide range of technologies. In recent years, I have supported various start-up greentech and medtech clients that are relatively small, dynamic and rapidly growing. Securing strong patent protection is vital to demonstrating value. It is a key milestone in the journey to investment that is so often vital to enable a successful technology launch. I find it rewarding to play a key role in making that possible.

Developing deep and lasting relationships with my clients is key to my approach. This makes me better able to anticipate a client’s needs and to provide broad strategic advice, in addition to working on specific patent applications and projects.

I take a pragmatic and commercially-focused approach to advising on intellectual property matters. IP is a vital cog in the machine of any business and understanding how it interacts with the other components in a client’s business means there is always scope to add value through our work. I regularly assist both technology clients and investor clients to assess risks as part of the broader commercial picture.

I enjoy advocacy in oral proceedings, and have represented some of the world’s most well-known enterprises, defending their patents and opposing their competitors’.

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Chartered UK Patent Attorney European Design Attorney European Patent Attorney PhD Molecular Electronics, Durham University MEng (Hons) Engineering, Durham University