Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network in England

Mathys & Squire is one of Europe’s most established and well-regarded specialist Intellectual Property firms. Since our formation in 1910, we have been committed to building a genuine partnership with our clients. We offer a full range of services dedicated to maximising the value of our clients’ technologies, brands and designs. Our patent, trade mark and design attorneys are qualified at both a UK and European level, with a legal expertise across a full spectrum of technical proficiencies. We are proud of the relationships we have with our clients. Approximately 40% of our existing client base has been with us for over 10 years, something we attribute largely to the standard of our client care and innovative business practices. With offices in London, Cambridge, Manchester and York, we work closely with a network of trusted foreign attorneys that we have built over many years.

Ilya has a Master’s degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, specialising in Physics and having conducted research within the field of medical imaging. He is the leader of the IT & engineering group. Ilya and his group cost-effectively manage substantial portfolios numbering tens, hundreds or even thousands of patents, for a number of substantial multi-national corporations. Alongside this, he still enjoys giving hands-on strategic advice to start-ups and growing companies or investors on IP strategy, and personally handling complex oppositions and appeals before the EPO and managing litigation.

Ilya has significant experience in electrical, electronic, communications and computing technologies, and previously developed network communication software at IBM. His technical specialisms include IT, both hardware and software, and he has detailed knowledge of networking and communications technologies, video and audio processing and transmission and electronics, particularly power and control electronics used in micro-generation, grid-tie and charge control. He also handles subject matter of a more mechanical nature including robotic equipment and controls, heat pumps and turbines and energy recovery, and has extensive experience of medical devices, particularly electrosurgical devices and catheters.

As well as extensive and exceptionally successful experience of European Patent Office opposition and appeal proceedings, Ilya has been involved in commercial dispute resolution within formal mediation proceedings and litigation and he has successfully creatively negotiated positive outcomes for clients charged with infringement on several occasions. He also advises on exploitation and licensing and on strategic and cost-effective commercial portfolio development and is the author of numerous published articles on law and strategy.

If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with Ilya via the below profile.

We welcome Ilya to the network and look forward to working with him on future transactions.