Tim is currently gaining experience in patent law, registered and unregistered design law, and litigation. As a member of the Marine Sector Group and Defence Sector Group, Tim regularly attends Defence and Marine trade shows and conferences to meet with contacts and clients, and to keep up to date with the latest advancement in the sectors. Tim is also substantially involved in working for one of our large oil and gas clients, contributing to British, European, and French patent applications.

Education & background

Tim graduated from Loughborough University in 2020 with a 2.1 bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Tim completed an industrial placement year with BAE Systems during his degree before returning as a graduate working in design and manufacturing support roles.

Russell is a qualified British, French and European Patent Attorney and head of our French Office. In addition to his broad experience in private practice dealing with patent and design prosecution and Freedom to Operate (FTO) advice, Russell also gained in-house experience on a year-long part-time secondment to a multinational consumer product company based in Geneva.

Russell has particular experience in technology areas including structures for electric machines and their control, medical instruments, automotive, aerospace, oil exploration and extraction, packaging and manufacturing technology, as well as computer implemented control systems and graphical user interfaces.

Education & background

Russell studied Manufacturing Engineering and Management with French at the University of Bath, including a year in industry working for Delphi Automotive Systems in Paris, France, and completing a research project at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Electricité et de Mécanique (ENSEM) in Nancy, France, where he developed digital imaging analysis tools to analyse turbulent mixing flows for the modelling of the dispersion of pollutants in cities. He graduated in 2002 with a Master’s degree in Engineering.

Following graduation, Russell trained in Broadcast Engineering Project Management at the BBC, gaining the BBC Eng qualification and managing a key part of the first UK public service High Definition TV channel.

Russell joined the patent profession in 2007. He is a qualified European patent attorney, Chartered British Patent Attorney, and French Patent Attorney. Russell joined Withers & Rogers in 2013. In March 2023, he was registered as a representative before the new Unified Patent Court, one of the first European patent attorneys to be entered on the list of UPC representatives.

Stuart has a Mechatronics engineering background and heads up the firm’s Robotics & Autonomous Systems sector group.  He is also a prominent member of our Oil & Gas sector group.

Stuart’s experience extends to patent drafting and prosecution, invention harvesting, competitor intelligence and advising on patent and design infringement matters.  He has experience of dealing with inventions across a broad range of technologies, ranging from high-tech electronics and telecommunications inventions to complex electromechanical and mechanical devices.  In particular, Stuart has expertise in the fields of aircraft landing gear, downhole oil & gas technologies, haptic feedback devices, mobile robotics and plasma processing and curing systems.

He works with a variety of multinational companies in the aerospace, oil & gas, computing, home appliance and packaging industries.  He also works with SMEs, individuals and major UK universities.

Stuart has successfully defended a number of European Patents during EPO opposition and appeal proceedings, including the maintenance of a patent without change in a case where the EPO continued with an opposition of its own motion.

In March 2023, he was registered as a representative before the new Unified Patent Court, one of the first European patent attorneys to be entered on the list of UPC representatives.

Stuart has also been awarded the IAM Strategy 300 accolade, which names the top 300 patent attorneys worldwide that have been highlighted for their patent strategy work.

Mark is experienced in global trade mark filing programmes, clearance searches and contentious matters. He routinely advises on and manages trade mark opposition and cancellation proceedings.

Mark assists clients in many sectors, including consumer electronics, food and drink, pharmaceuticals and financial services.

As well as working with multinational companies, he has particular expertise in advising start-ups and SMEs how best to protect their intellectual property.

Mark is a member of CITMA (the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys) and sits on its Online Events and Lectures Working Group.

Mark was listed as a “Recommended Lawyer” in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500.

Education & background

Mark graduated with an honours degree in Law from the University of Strathclyde in 2010. He then went on to obtain a Diploma in Legal Practice in 2011.

He joined Withers & Rogers in 2011 and qualified as a trade mark attorney in 2014.