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19 July 2011
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Jonathan Radcliffe Mayer Brown

Leading global law firm Mayer Brown announced the hire of Jonathan Radcliffe to the London office to strengthen the Intellectual Property group.

He joins from Nabarro on 1 August.

Jonathan has practiced exclusively in the Intellectual Property field for over 24 years with primary expertise in patent and IP litigation. He has acted  on a wide range of technologies, with a particular focus on cases with a high scientific/technological content in the pharmaceutical, life sciences and high-tech sectors. 

Jonathan, who has worked in London, New York and Abu Dhabi, has been involved in a number of leading cases in the IP field on matters such as the patentability of software, obviousness, importation as an act of infringement under the Patents Act, the trade mark classification system, and the registerability of shape trade marks. He is believed to be one of only two English solicitors to have had both a patent appeal and a separate trade mark appeal to the House of Lords.

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