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531                                </a>
532                            </div>
533
534                            <div class="utility-bar">
535                                <div class="utility-bar-hidden">
536                                        <div class="special-nav-item search">
537                                            <form class="search-form" action="/search/">
538                                                <div class="hover-label-wrapper">
539                                                    <label class="hover-label" for="searchText">Search</label>
540                                                    <input name="search" id="searchText" type="text" />
541                                                </div>
542                                                <button type="submit" aria-label="Search"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></button>
543                                            </form>
544                                        </div>
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546                                        <div class="special-nav-item contact">
547                                            <a href="/contact-us/">Contact Us</a>
548                                        </div>
549
550                                    <div class="special-nav-item language-switcher">
551                                        Language
552                                        <div class="language-items">
553                                                    <a href="/insights/news/">English</a>
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562                                <div class="special-nav-item">
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564                                    <div x-show="!globalsearchopen">
565                                        <div class="headerbuttons">
566                                            <button class="headerbuttons__searchbutton" x-on:click="toggleGlobalSearch(); $nextTick(() => globalsearchinput.focus());" aria-label="Search Open">
567                                                <i class="fas fa-search">
568                                                </i>
569                                            </button>
570                                            <a class="header-menu-button main-menu-button" aria-label="Menu">
571                                                <span class="hamburger"><span></span></span>
572                                            </a>
573                                        </div>
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575                                    <div x-show="globalsearchopen">
576                                        <div class="headerbuttons">
577                                            <h3>
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588                                    </div>
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591                        </div>
592                    </div>
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594            </div>
595        </header>
596
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598<div class="main-navigation-dropdown clearfix">
599
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601        <div class="nav-section">
602            <div class="nav-section-title">
603                <a href="/our-people/">
603Our People</a>
604            </div>
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606                
607    <form method="post" action="/our-people/">
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611                    <label class="hover-label" for="people-name">Name</label>
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614            </div>
615            <div class="people-search-option">
616                <div class="select-wrapper">
617                    <select name="people-service" id="people-service" class="people-service" aria-label="Services">
618                        <option value="">Services</option>
619                            <option  value="3927">Anti-counterfeiting</option>
620                            <option  value="1330">Brands &amp; Trade Marks</option>
621                            <option  value="1335">Commercial IP &amp; Contracts</option>
622                            <option  value="4160">Copyright</option>
623                            <option  value="1331">Designs</option>
624                            <option  value="95164">Domain names</option>
625                            <option  value="1336">Due Diligence</option>
626                            <option  value="1334">EPO Patent Oppositions</option>
627                            <option  value="1340">European Patent Validations</option>
628                            <option  value="1337">Freedom to Operate</option>
629                            <option  value="1333">Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution</option>
630                            <option  value="3929">Open Source &amp; Third Party Code</option>
631                            <option  value="1329">Patents</option>
632                            <option  value="131943">Standard Essential Patents</option>
633                            <option  value="132623">Plant Variety Rights</option>
634                            <option  value="133318">Trade Secrets</option>
635                            <option  value="133472">AI Cybersecurity &amp; Data</option>
636                    </select>
637                </div>
638            </div>
639            <div class="people-search-option">
640                <div class="select-wrapper">
641                    <select name="people-sector" id="people-sector" class="people-sector" aria-label="Sector">
642                        <option value="">Sector</option>
643                            <option  value="3973">3D Printing</option>
644                            <option  value="132472">Aerospace &amp; Space</option>
645                            <option  value="4965">Agritech</option>
646                            <option  value="2648">Artificial Intelligence</option>
647                            <option  value="4239">Blockchain</option>
648                            <option  value="1345">Chemistry</option>
649                            <option  value="4237">Data &amp; Connectivity</option>
650                            <option  value="132034">Defence &amp; Cybersecurity</option>
651                            <option  value="1353">Digital Transformation</option>
652                            <option  value="1342">Energy &amp; Environment</option>
653                            <option  value="1348">Entertainment &amp; Creative Industries</option>
654                            <option  value="4214">Extended Reality</option>
655                            <option  value="1350">Fashion &amp; Retail</option>
656                            <option  value="6231">Financial Services</option>
657                            <option  value="1349">Food &amp; Drink</option>
658                            <option  value="4238">Industry 4.0</option>
659                            <option  value="1343">Life Sciences</option>
660                            <option  value="1344">Medical Technologies</option>
661                            <option  value="117405">Polymers</option>
662                            <option  value="120599">Quantum Computing</option>
663                            <option  value="1531">Software</option>
664                            <option  value="131846">Space</option>
665                            <option  value="1352">Start-ups &amp; Spin-outs</option>
666                            <option  value="1347">Transport</option>
667                            <option  value="1351">Universities &amp; Research Bodies</option>
668                            <option  value="133709">Beauty &amp; Cosmetics</option>
669                    </select>
670                </div>
671            </div>
672            <div class="people-search-option">
673                <div class="select-wrapper">
674                    <select name="people-country" id="people-country" class="people-country" aria-label="Country">
675                        <option value="">Country</option>
676                            <option  value="1432">UK</option>
677                            <option  value="1434">Luxembourg</option>
678                            <option  value="3809">Japan</option>
679                            <option  value="1435">China</option>
680                            <option  value="1436">Singapore</option>
681                            <option  value="1437">Malaysia</option>
682                            <option  value="1591">Korea</option>
683                            <option  value="1438">Canada</option>
684                    </select>
685                </div>
686            </div>
687            <div class="people-search-option">
688                <div class="select-wrapper">
689                    <select name="people-office" id="people-office" class="people-office" aria-label="Office">
690                        <option value="">Office</option>
691                            <option  value="1178">Aberdeen</option>
692                            <option  value="1179">Birmingham</option>
693                            <option  value="1180">Cambridge</option>
694                            <option  value="1181">Edinburgh</option>
695                            <option  value="1266">Glasgow</option>
696                            <option  value="1268">London</option>
697                            <option  value="1269">Manchester</option>
698                            <option  value="1270">Oxford</option>
699                            <option  value="1283">Luxembourg</option>
700                            <option  value="3954">Japan</option>
701                            <option  value="1186">Beijing</option>
702                            <option  value="1187">Hong Kong</option>
703                            <option  value="1262">Singapore</option>
704                            <option  value="1264">
704Kuala Lumpur</option>
705                            <option  value="1592">Korea</option>
706                            <option  value="1273">Ottawa</option>
707                            <option  value="1274">Toronto</option>
708                    </select>
709                </div>
710            </div>
711            <div class="people-search-option">
712                <div class="select-wrapper">
713                    <select name="people-language" id="people-language" class="people-language" aria-label="Language">
714                        <option value="">Language</option>
715                            <option false value="1577">Bahasa Melayu (Malay)</option>
716                            <option false value="1581">&#x4E2D;&#x6587;(&#x5EE3;&#x6771;&#x8A71;) (Cantonese)</option>
717                            <option false value="1579">&#x4E2D;&#x6587; (&#x666E;&#x901A;&#x8BDD;) (Mandarin)</option>
718                            <option false value="4281">Cymraeg (Welsh)</option>
719                            <option false value="1575">Deutsch (German)</option>
720                            <option false value="1584">English</option>
721                            <option false value="1586">Espa&#xF1;ol (Spanish)</option>
722                            <option false value="4307">Eesti (Estonian)</option>
723                            <option false value="1574">Fran&#xE7;ais (French)</option>
724                            <option false value="1585">&#xA97;&#xAC1;&#xA9C;&#xAB0;&#xABE;&#xAA4;&#xAC0; (Gujarati)</option>
725                            <option false value="4243">&#x939;&#x93F;&#x902;&#x926;&#x940; (Hindi)</option>
726                            <option false value="1576">Italiano (Italian)</option>
727                            <option false value="1580">&#x65E5;&#x672C;&#x8A9E; (Japanese)</option>
728                            <option false value="1587">&#xD55C;&#xAD6D;&#xC5B4; (Korean)</option>
729                            <option false value="5203">L&#xEB;tzebuergesch (Luxembourgish)</option>
730                            <option false value="4242">&#xD2E;&#xD32;&#xD2F;&#xD3E;&#xD33;&#xD02; (Malayalam)</option>
731                            <option false value="5207">Limba rom&#xE2;na (Romanian)</option>
732                            <option false value="1583">Nederlands (Dutch)</option>
733                            <option false value="1588">Portuguese</option>
734                            <option false value="1582">&#x420;&#x443;&#x441;&#x441;&#x43A;&#x438;&#x439; (Russian)</option>
735                            <option false value="4244">&#xBA4;&#xBAE;&#xBBF;&#xBB4;&#xBCD; (Tamil)</option>
736                            <option false value="133590">Svenska (Swedish)</option>
737                            <option false value="133767">&#x4E2D;&#x6587;(&#x5BA2;&#x5BB6;&#x8A71;) (Hakka)</option>
738                    </select>
739                </div>
740            </div>
741            <div class="people-search-option btn-wrap">
742                <button type="submit" class="btn srch">Search</button>
743            </div>
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746
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748        </div>
749
750        <div class="nav-section">
751            <div class="nav-section-title">
752                <a href="/global-presence/">Global Presence</a>
753            </div>
754            <div class="sub-sections">
755                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
756                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Regions</strong>
757
758                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
759                                    <li >
760                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/">Asia</a>
761
762
763                                    </li>
764                                    <li >
765                                        <a href="/global-presence/europe/">Europe</a>
766
767
768                                    </li>
769                                    <li >
770                                        <a href="/global-presence/americas/">Americas</a>
771
772
773                                    </li>
774                        </ul>
775                    </div>
776                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
777                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Offices</strong>
778
779                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
780                                    <li  class="sub-items">
781                                        <a href="/global-presence/americas/canada/">Canada</a>
782
783                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
784
785                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
786                                                <ul>
787                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/americas/canada/ottawa/">Ottawa</a></li>
788                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/americas/canada/toronto/">Toronto</a></li>
789                                                </ul>
790                                            </div>
791                                    </li>
792                                    <li  class="sub-items">
793                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/china/">China</a>
794
795                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
796
797                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
798                                                <ul>
799                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/asia/china/beijing/">Beijing</a></li>
800                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/asia/china/hong-kong/">Hong Kong</a></li>
801                                                </ul>
802                                            </div>
803                                    </li>
804                                    <li >
805                                        <a href="/global-presence/europe/luxembourg/luxembourg/">Luxembourg</a>
806
807
808                                    </li>
809                                    <li >
810                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/malaysia/kuala-lumpur/">Malaysia</a>
811
812
813                                    </li>
814                                    <li >
815                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/singapore/singapore/">Singapore</a>
816
817
818                                    </li>
819                                    <li  class="sub-items">
820                                        <a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/">UK</a>
821
822                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
823
824                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
825                                                <ul>
826                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/aberdeen/">Aberdeen</a></li>
827                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/birmingham/">Birmingham</a></li>
828                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/cambridge/">Cambridge</a></li>
829                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/edinburgh/">Edinburgh</a></li>
830                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/glasgow/">Glasgow</a></li>
831                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/london/">London</a></li>
832                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/manchester/">Manchester</a></li>
833                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/oxford/">Oxford</a></li>
834                                                </ul>
835                                            </div>
836                                    </li>
837                        </ul>
838                    </div>
839                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
840                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Client liaison</strong>
841
842                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
843                                    <li >
844                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/japan/">Japan</a>
845
846
847                                    </li>
848                                    <li >
849                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/korea/korea/">Korea</a>
850
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853                        </ul>
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855            </div>
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857                <div class="nav-section">
858            <div class="nav-section-title">
859                <a href="/expertise/">Expertise</a>
860            </div>
861            <div class="sub-sections">
862                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
863                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Services</strong>
864
865                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
866                                    <li >
867                                        <a href="/expertise/services/patents/">Patents</a>
868
869
870                                    </li>
871                                    <li >
872                                        <a href="/expertise/services/brands-trade-marks/">Brands &amp; Trade Marks</a>
873
874
875                                    </li>
876                                    <li >
877                                        <a href="/expertise/services/designs/">Designs</a>
878
879
880                                    </li>
881                                    <li >
882                                        <a href="/expertise/services/litigation-dispute-resolution/">Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution</a>
883
884
885                                    </li>
886                                    <li >
887                                        <a href="/expertise/services/commercial-ip-contracts/">Commercial IP &amp; Contracts</a>
888
889
890                                    </li>
891                                    <li >
892                                        <a href="/expertise/services/artificial-intelligence-cybersecurity-data/">Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity &amp; Data</a>
893
894
895                                    </li>
896                                    <li >
897                                        <a href="/expertise/services/copyright/">Copyright</a>
898
899
900                                    </li>
901                                    <li >
902                                        <a href="/expertise/services/trade-secrets/">Trade Secrets</a>
903
904
905                                    </li>
906                                    <li >
907                                        <a href="/expertise/services/due-diligence/">Due Diligence</a>
908
909
910                                    </li>
911                                    <li >
912                                        <a href="/expertise/services/freedom-to-operate/">Freedom to Operate</a>
913
914
915                                    </li>
916                                    <li >
917                                        <a href="/expertise/services/epo-patent-oppositions/">EPO Patent Oppositions</a>
918
919
920                                    </li>
921                                    <li >
922                                        <a href="/expertise/services/european-patent-validations/">European Patent Validations</a>
923
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925                                    </li>
926                                    <li >
927                                        <a href="/expertise/services/anti-counterfeiting/">Anti-counterfeiting</a>
928
929
930                                    </li>
931                                    <li >
932                                        <a href="/expertise/services/open-source-third-party-code/">Open Source &amp; Third Party Code</a>
933
934
935                                    </li>
936                                    <li >
937                                        <a href="/expertise/services/domain-names/">Domain Names</a>
938
939
940                                    </li>
941                                    <li >
942                                        <a href="/expertise/services/plant-variety-rights/">Plant Variety Rights</a>
943
944
945                                    </li>
946                                    <li >
947                                        <a href="/expertise/services/standard-essential-patents/">Standard Essential Patents</a>
948
949
950                                    </li>
951                        </ul>
952                    </div>
953                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
954                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Sectors</strong>
955
956                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
957                                    <li  class="sub-items">
958                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/">Digital Transformation</a>
959
960                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
961
962                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
963                                                <ul>
964                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/3d-printing/">3D Printing</a></li>
965                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/artificial-intelligence/">Artificial Intelligence</a></li>
966                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/blockchain/">Blockchain</a></li>
967                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/data-connectivity/">Data &amp; Connectivity</a></li>
968                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/extended-reality/">Extended Reality</a></li>
969                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/quantum-computing/">Quantum Computing</a></li>
970                                                </ul>
971                                            </div>
972                                    </li>
973                                    <li >
974                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/energy-environment/">Energy &amp; Environment</a>
975
976
977                                    </li>
978                                    <li >
979                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/life-sciences/">Life Sciences</a>
980
981
982                                    </li>
983                                    <li >
984                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/agritech/">Agritech</a>
985
986
987                                    </li>
988                                    <li >
989                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/medical-technologies/">Medical Technologies</a>
990
991
992                                    </li>
993                                    <li >
994                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/chemistry/">Chemistry</a>
995
996
997                                    </li>
998                                    <li >
999                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/transport/">Transport</a>
1000
1001
1002                                    </li>
1003                                    <li >
1004                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/entertainment-creative-industries/">Entertainment &amp; Creative Industries</a>
1005
1006
1007                                    </li>
1008                                    <li >
1009                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/food-drink/">Food &amp; Drink</a>
1010
1011
1012                                    </li>
1013                                    <li >
1014                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/fashion-retail/">Fashion &amp; Retail</a>
1015
1016
1017                                    </li>
1018                                    <li  class="sub-items">
1019                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/universities-research-bodies/">Universities &amp; Research Bodies</a>
1020
1021                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
1022
1023                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
1024                                                <ul>
1025                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/universities-research-bodies/technology-transfer-offices/">Technology Transfer Offices</a></li>
1026                                                </ul>
1027                                            </div>
1028                                    </li>
1029                                    <li  class="sub-items">
1030                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/start-ups-spin-outs/">Start-ups &amp; Spin-outs</a>
1031
1032                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
1033
1034                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
1035                                                <ul>
1036                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/start-ups-spin-outs/intellectual-property-creating-value-for-start-ups/">Creating value for start-ups</a></li>
1037                                                        <li><a href="/insights/resources/the-ip-driven-start-up-ebook/">The IP Driven Start-up eBook</a></li>
1038                                                        <li><a href="/insights/resources/the-ip-driven-start-up-podcast-series/">The IP Driven Start-up Podcast Series</a></li>
1039                                                </ul>
1040                                            </div>
1041                                    </li>
1042                                    <li >
1043                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/defence/">Defence</a>
1044
1045
1046                                    </li>
1047                                    <li >
1048                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/aerospace-space-technologies/">Aerospace &amp; Space Technologies</a>
1049
1050
1051                                    </li>
1052                        </ul>
1053                    </div>
1054            </div>
1055                </div>
1056                <div class="nav-section">
1057            <div class="nav-section-title">
1058                <a href="/about-us/">About Us</a>
1059            </div>
1060            <div class="sub-sections">
1061                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
1062
1063                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
1064                                    <li >
1065                                        <a href="/about-us/working-with-us/">Working with us</a>
1066
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1069                                    <li >
1070                                        <a href="/about-us/international-awards-recognition/">International Awards &amp; Recognition</a>
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1502    <nav class="footer-nav">
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1506                <li><a href="/cookies/">Cookies</a></li>
1507                <li><a href="/legal-notices/">Legal Notices</a></li>
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1513                <div class="footer-utility">
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1519            </div>
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1521
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1523        <div class="social-media">
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