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Specialist IP and litigation firm WP Thompson has offices in London, Liverpool, Cardiff, and Munich, with a growing number of regional practices too. It is therefore well-placed to handle a wide range of enforcement and prosecution matters before the EPO and UKIPO for its domestic and international client base, which includes large multinational companies, start-ups, research centres, hospitals, and university technology transfer departments. Key names of note in the team are David Gill, who has a strong background in electronic engineering, Julian Potter, a physicist, IT and engineering expert, materials science expert Alistair McKinnon, and Stuart Forrest, who has significant experience in chemical-related mandates, for example, industrial chemistry, chemical engineering, and pharmaceutical chemistry mandates.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The WPT team have been superb in their work.’
  • ‘Lewis Mulholland is my contact, and he has now been the key driver for my patent applications. To date with several granted patents in various international locations he has a 100% success rate.’

Key clients

  • First Subsea
  • Accuray Incorporated
  • Rearden
  • BMP Europe
  • Vernacare
  • Intercontinental Great Brands
  • Rani Therapeutics
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment America
  • Lakeland Limited
  • American Golf
  • JH Fenner
  • Trendsetter Home Furnishings
  • Mast Group
  • Reddit Inc
  • William Jackson Food Group
  • Volkswagen AG
  • Adama
  • Bosch GmbH
  • NXP BV
  • OBG Pharmaceuticals
  • Winning Moves
  • Societe Bic
  • NEC Corporation
  • Organox
  • Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV
  • ATP Media
  • Sports And Wellbeing Analytics
  • RTI Sports GmbH
  • Torque Logistics
  • Marine Specialised Technology
  • Gorongosa Coffee
  • United State Postal Services
  • Loto Labs
  • ISO Technologies Incorporated
  • Big Mini
  • Breakthrough Performancetech
  • BMP Europe
  • Wired Beans
  • DG International Holdings

Work highlights

  • Acted for Vernacare in a successful patent infringement action.
  • Acted for Imperial Brand in successful patent opposition proceedings.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Julian Potter, Stuart Forrest, David Gill, Alistair McKinnon

Other key lawyers

Sarah Turp, Lewis Mullholland