England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
WP Thompson
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