James is a patent attorney in our Advanced Engineering group. He also heads up our Medical Technology group.
James has worked with businesses and individuals involved in a wide range of innovative technologies. These include petrochemical distribution and handling, motorsport fire safety and suppression, peripheral vascular and neuro vascular medical devices, commercial vehicle air management systems and high speed watercraft.
At Withers & Rogers James works with a range of clients extending from individual inventors, through SMEs to global multinationals.
James has had multiple successes for clients before EPO Opposition and Appeal Boards.
James has an Engineering degree from the University of Strathclyde and entered the patent attorney profession in 1994 with a firm based in Scotland. He joined Withers & Rogers in 1997 and entered the Partnership in 2005. 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.
Outside of the office, James is kept occupied by his young family and, when time allows, tinkering with classic cars.