Profile
Ian Harris
Partner / Southampton & London
Practice & Professional Experience
Ian’s main areas of expertise are in computer technology fields (including hardware, software and business-related inventions) and automotive and aerospace fields. Ian acts for multinational corporations and SMEs in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications and has a successful opposition practice.
Ian became a partner at D Young & Co in 1995. His strong computer hardware and software background comes from his degree in physics and computer science and from having worked as a Patent Examiner in the UK and European Patent Offices for over 11 years in these fields, as well as from having worked in house in the IBM UK Patent Department for 5 years. Ian chairs the European Qualifying Examination Board.
Ian has a diploma of the Institute of Linguists, and has German, French and Dutch as foreign languages.
Qualifications
BA in Physics with Computer Science, University of York.
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary College, University of London.
Chartered Patent Attorney 1988.
European Patent Attorney 1989.
European Design Attorney.
Memberships
The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS).
Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA).
European Patent Institute (epi).
European Qualifying Examination Board.
Institute of Linguistics (IoL).
