Reddie & Grose LLP

Patents

Partner

Nick is a fluent Japanese speaker specialising in patents in the electronics sector.

He routinely advises clients on patent searching and due diligence matters, as well as infringement and validity issues posed by third party patents.

Nick acts as client liaison with the firm’s Japanese clients, and gives lectures on Japanese Patent Law at Queen Mary University.

Nick joined Reddie & Grose in 1999 was made a partner in 2005. Nick primarily handles patent applications relating to electronics, electrical devices and computer implemented inventions.

Nick has particular expertise drafting and prosecuting applications relating to sensing and control devices, semiconductor technology and power amplifiers. He has an in-depth knowledge of the patentability and enforcement issues surrounding digital media and telecommunication technologies, and software and business method inventions.

Nick is a fluent Japanese speaker and before joining the firm spent a year in the Nagasaki prefecture of Japan. On returning to London, he continued his language education and has twice participated in the finals of the Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese.

He has also lectured and written a number of related publications on the patentability of software and business methods in the UK and Europe.

Japanese

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)

European Design Attorney

Japanese Proficiency Exam (JLPT): Level 1 (Highest Level) (2004)

European Patent Attorney (2003)

Chartered Patent Attorney (2003)

MSci, Physics, Imperial College (1998)

Nick enjoys music by Bob Dylan, and books by John Irving and Haruki Murakami.