Patricia is an intellectual property solicitor and founding director of Jones Legal Limited (www.joneslegal.co.uk) a specialist intellectual property law firm based in Manchester. Patricia has over 14 years experience as an intellectual property specialist, including 7 years as an intellectual property partner at an international law firm. 

Patricia's expertise covers contentious and non-contentious intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, design rights, copyright and confidential information. Patricia advises on the ownership, exploitation, enforcement and defense of intellectual property rights. Patricia is qualified as a solicitor advocate to conduct her own advocacy and is a CEDR accredited mediator.

Recent experience includes:

• Acting for Ultraframe Plc in the Court of Appeal against Eurocell in a patent and design right matter concerning conservatory roofs.
• Acting for Associated Octel on several patent revocation actions in the UK and in associated EPO actions.
• Acting on an IP licensing dispute for a chemical company, which included related entitlement proceedings.
• Acting for Gencor Plc in the UK High Court in a patent revocation action in which indemnity costs were awarded in favour of Gencor.
• Acting on patent revocations actions in the UK.
• Trade mark, domain name and design right disputes, including comparative advertising disputes.
• IP licensing, co-operation and partnering agreements.
• Anti-counterfeiting work
• Strategic IP Advice.
  

Education:

University of Strathclyde, BSc Honours Degree in Applied Physics (1st class)

University of Manchester, PhD in the Department of Chemistry on the structure of certain iron storage proteins

Common Professional Examination (Distinction) and Law Society Finals (Distinction)

Career:

Articled, Eversheds 1993-1995
Qualified, 1995
Solicitor, Eversheds 1995-1996
Solicitor, Wacks Caller 1996-1999
Partner, Wacks Caller 1999-2000
Solicitor, Hammonds 2000-2003
Partner, Hammonds 2003 to 2010
Director and Solicitor, Jones Legal Limited 2010-date

Publications:

Joint author, Trademarks - UK, Getting the Deal Through - Trademarks 2008, October 2007

Retailers and Plagiarism, Gifts Today, issue 1 Volume 18 October/November 2006