Gordon Wright

About

Experience

• Visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London
  Apr 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 3 mos

• Consultant at Gordon Wright & Company
  May 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 2 mos

  Patent consultant

• Partner at Elkington and Fife LLP
  May 2000 - Apr 2014 · 14 yrs

  European patent attorney. Gordon handles mainly chemical and pharmaceutical subject matter. He has an in-depth knowledge of IP topics specifically related to the pharmaceutical industry, including in particular supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), regulatory data exclusivity, product life cycle management, pharmaceutical trade marks and parallel imports. He is particularly experienced in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office, where he has acted in a number of high profile cases before both the opposition division and the boards of appeal. He is a council member of CIPA and a contributor to Concise European Patent Law (Kluwer) and the CIPA Guide to the Patents Act. Gordon is well known for his numerous lectures at both professional and commercial conferences, covering a wide range of IP topics related to the pharmaceutical industry.

• Director, Intellectual Property at Sanofi-Synthelabo
  Dec 1998 - May 2000 · 1 yr 6 mos

  Chief IP counsel Sanofi-Synthelabo, based in Paris, responsible for both patents and trademarks of large pharmaceutical company.

• Director, Intellectual Property at Fisons plc
  1992 - 1995 · 3 yrs