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Dr
Christopher
Benson

Partner & Head of Electronics

Manchester Office

Electronics

Telephone. +44(0) 161 247 4900
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Experience

Christopher seeks to understand a client's business and needs such that he is able to offer advice which enables clients to achieve their commercial goals. Chris has an academic background which enables him to work with world-leading inventors. In particular, he is able to advise on the patentability of software-based inventions.

Christopher has represented a full spectrum of clients from multinational companies to start-ups and academic institutions. From this he is able to work effectively with all types of clients. Chris has experience in working with inventors from academics to industrial R&D technologists. He has experience in not only the nuts-and-bolts of taking inventions through to granted patents in a wide variety of different countries including Europe, the US and China, but also in advising on patent strategy, patent enforcement and patent infringement defence. As part of representing start-up and SMEs Chris been involved in due diligence exercises where potential investors have scrutinized patent portfolios which he has been responsible for and has defended these portfolios such that clients have obtained investment at least partly on the basis of the IP portfolio's strength. Chris acts as client manager for one of our firm's largest clients whereby he manages our firm's timely delivery of work products by an attorney team to ensure that these products meet the client's quality expectations. He has and is in the process of training trainee attorneys and also assisting the development of qualified.

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Qualifications

Patent Attorney

Chartered (UK)
Europe

BENG

Computer Systems Engineering

PHD

Microelectronics

Publications

HGF ranked as a top tier firm in Legal 500 UK 2025

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IAM Patent 1000 2024

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Mondaq awards HGF for thought leadership in Germany

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HGF is ranked as a top tier firm in Legal 500 UK 2024

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IAM Global Patent Prosecution 2023

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LiDAR: A Significant Support Technology at CES

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Next big step in home health monitoring goes down the toilet

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Autonomous Tractors: Coming to a Field Near You

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Patentability of Simulations in Europe

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EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G4/19 - a European patent application can be refused by reason of the prohibition on double patenting

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Conferences: 2025

28th - 29th January 2025

IQPC Global US Exchange

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Conferences: 2024

16th - 17th October 2024

TPN North America 2024

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11th - 12th March 2024

IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe 2024

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Conferences: 2023

11th - 12th October 2023

Technology Patent Network North America 2023

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Conferences: 2022

3rd November 2022

Technology Patent Network Conference 2022

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10th May 2022

The HGF IP in Healthcare Conference 2022

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3rd March 2022

Medilink and UClan event: Overcoming major issues of commercialisation (regulation and internationalisation)

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Conferences: 2021

9th December 2021

Technology Transfer Primer - IP Management: AI and 5G in healthcare

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4th October 2021

IPBC Europe 2021

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9th September 2021

Autonomous Vehicles Expo 2021

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29th July 2021

HGF and Shiga webinar: Patenting sports and fitness technology in Europe and Japan

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9th March 2021

IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe 2021

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Conferences: 2020

27th October 2020

Lancashire Innovation Festival 2020

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28th September 2020

IAM webinar: Primed to tap into the economic potential? Troubleshooting patent protection of AI innovations in Europe

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15th July 2020

G1 19 hearing at the EPO

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Conferences: 2019

13th November 2019

IQPC Global IP Exchange USA 2019 - San Diego

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27th June 2019

Autonomous Vehicles Expo - Telford

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11th March 2019

IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe - Berlin

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