About us
Keith J LOVEN, BSc (Eng), CPA, EPA, MITMA, qualified as a UK and European Patent Attorney in 1980, and has worked for a number of different UK patent attorney firms, with periods working in industrial patent departments. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, a Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and a European Patent Attorney.
He is consultant to and former editor of IPD - Intellectual Property Decisions, has written articles on intellectual property rights for business magazines and web sites, and has contributed chapters to this year's European Handbook of Intellectual Property Management and the 5th edition of Managing Business Risk.
Helen M A HIVES, LLB (Hons), gained experience in the commercial world, including working for a major airline, before studying for her law degree and entering the trade marks profession. She is a student member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and is involved in the day to day handling of all aspects of trade mark applications and oppositions.
Katie A SMITH, BSc, gained her degree in Animal Sciences at Nottingham before joining LOVEN as a technical assistant on the patents side. She is a student member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and is currently studying part-time for the MSc in the Management of Intellectual Property.
Helen T JONES is our qualified Patents Administrator and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. Helen worked for a local law firm before joining LOVEN in 1998. She handles all patent formalities matters, from initial contact with clients through to maintenance of granted patents. She deals with overseas patent applications in a wide range of countries, and all European Patent Office formalities.
Susan F PATTISON. MA, qualified as a Trademarks Administrator after joining LOVEN in 2004 and is responsible for all trademark formalities, from the initial enquiry through to maintenance of registered trademarks. She handles the filing of trademarks around the world through our network of attorney contacts, as well as the formalities for applications before OHIM, the European Community Trademarks and Designs Office.
Consultants:
Barry J STONELAKE BA (Eng Sci, Oxon) is a former Principal Examiner at the UK Patent Office in the Electrical/Electronics Division, and is currently editor of Intellectual Property Decisions. While at the Patent Office, Barry worked in the Communications group, and was involved in examining applications in digital data processing and digital encoding.
Barry assists with prosecution of applications in a range of subject matters.
Jeremy R GODDIN CPA EPA MITMA is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, a Registered Trade Mark Agent and European Community Trade Mark Attorney, and a European Patent Attorney. He has a long experience in the patent profession, having started in the family firm. He has worked in private practice and the patent departments of IMI, ICI and the General Electric Compant plc.
He has experience in a wide range of technologies, including electronics, pneumatics, control systems, all types of I.C. engines, farm and earth-working machinery, ink-jet printing, slide fasteners, fish farming and waste water treatment. He is also a very experienced trade marks practioner.
Michael D BERKSON BCL MA(Oxon) CPA EPA MITMA is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and a European Patent Attorney, as well as a Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and a European Community Trade Mark Attorney. He has extensive experience of agreements and contracts relating to IPR, and has worked in the patent departments of major companies in the engineering, telecommunications and electronics fields. He has considerable trade marks experience, and is a lecturer and examiner for CIPA Patents Administrators Certificate as well as serving on the CIPA/ITMA Joint Examination Board.
