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James Robey M.Sci. (Dunelm), CPhys, MInstP - Partner
Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
James Robey graduated from the University of Durham with a masters degree in physics and joined Wilson Gunn in 1996. James qualified as a Chartered and European Patent Attorney in 2000, and became a Partner in 2004. He is a Chartered Physicist and a Member of the Institute of Physics. James's patent practice covers a broad range of technologies including scientific and medical equipment and instrumentation, communications technology and software inventions. He has wide experience of patent prosecution including direct advocacy at the European Patent Office in both ex-parte and inter-partes proceedings and he also routinely advises on patent enforcement. James is a tutor for the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg training course for European Patent Attorneys. James is also a European Trade Mark and Design Attorney and in addition to patent work a significant proportion of his practice is taken up with trade marks. He manages a number of international trade mark portfolios for major brands and much of James's trade mark work involves contentious matters. He also handles copyright and design cases, and has advised in relation to a number of allegations of copyright infringement of textile designs. James is responsible for the management of Wilson Gunn's London office.