Attending BioNow’s Alderley Edge conference
About the author: Emma Lyons is a trainee patent attorney in our Manchester office. Emma is working towards her UK
Appleyard Lees
trainee
blog
Appleyard Lees has over twenty trainee patent and trade mark attorneys in various stages of qualification. It takes around four years to train as a patent attorney (in both the UK and in Europe) and around two years to train as a trade mark attorney. It is a challenging but rewarding qualification process. Most of the training takes place “in-house” under the supervision of a qualified attorney, though our trainees will also attend external courses and seminars.
In this blog we hope to give you an idea of what life is like for trainees at Appleyard Lees, as well as provide an insight into the profession in general. We’d appreciate your feedback and you can get in touch with us at communications@appleyardlees.com.
Attending the CIPA Manchester conference
- Oliver Manners
- 14 November 2022
About the author: Oliver Manners is a trainee patent attorney, working in our Manchester chemistry team. His background working in
Networking at the Northern Gamechangers Awards
- Monifa Phillips
- 21 October 2022
About the author: Monifa Phillips is a trainee patent attorney based in our Manchester office. She joined Appleyard Lees in
Exam preparation and attending the JDD revision courses
- Debora Dorn
- 11 August 2022
About Debora Dorn: Debora is a trainee patent attorney at Appleyard Lees IP LLP. Debora has broad insight into various
Attending the Manchester Legal Awards
- Andrew Johnston
- 06 July 2022
About Andrew Johnston: Andrew is a part-qualified trainee patent attorney, with experience in research and with patenting a wide range of
Appleyard Lees’ professional development program (PDP)
- Amelia Barton
- 14 June 2022
About Amelia Barton: I'm Amelia, a European patent attorney working in the Chemistry team in Appleyard Lees' Leeds office. I
Attending the Medilink Healthcare Business Awards
- Tom Gregory
- 26 May 2022
About Tom Gregory: I’m Tom, a trainee patent attorney at Appleyard Lees IP LLP. My work is primarily focused on the mechanics and
Deciding on a career as a patent attorney
- Oliver Herd
- 12 May 2022
About Oliver Herd: Oliver studied medical biochemistry at the University of Manchester, after which he completed a PhD at the University
Bionow awards under the wing of Concorde
- Richard Maclennan
- 22 April 2022
About Richard Maclennan: I’m Richard, before joining Appleyard Lees and training as a patent attorney I worked as a senior research scientist/study director on
PEB Examination Results Day (28th March 2022)
- Jonathan Foster
- 25 March 2022
About Jonathan Foster: I’m Jonathan, a trainee patent attorney in our Leeds office. I have a background in Physics, Nanotechnology &
Internal tutorials for the European Qualifying Examination
- Tom Gregory
- 17 February 2022
About Tom Gregory: I’m Tom, a trainee patent attorney at Appleyard Lees IP LLP. My work is primarily focused on the mechanics and
Amending the description of a patent application
- David Jasiewicz
- 09 February 2022
About David Jasiewicz: I’m David, a trainee patent attorney in our Manchester office. I have a background in chemistry and before
IP Inclusive: Careers in Ideas Mentoring Scheme
- Tom Gregory
- 24 January 2022
About Tom Gregory: I’m Tom, a trainee patent attorney at Appleyard Lees IP LLP. My work is primarily focused on the mechanics
JDD revision courses
- Kathryn Bradley
- 14 January 2022
About Kathryn Bradley: I’m Kathryn, a chemistry trainee based in the Manchester office. I’ve been at Appleyard Lees for about
‘Pitch in a Pub’- in person!
- Richard Maclennan
- 09 December 2021
About Richard Maclennan: I’m Richard, before joining Appleyard Lees and training as a patent attorney I worked as a senior research scientist/study director on
CIPA Informals post-exam social
- David Jasiewicz
- 03 December 2021
About David Jasiewicz: I’m David, a trainee patent attorney in our Manchester office. I have a background in chemistry and before
The jump from academia to IP law
- Rory Brown
- 16 November 2021
About Rory Brown: I’m Rory, a trainee patent attorney in our Manchester office. I have a background in physics and
Patent lessons from Dragons’ Den
- Andrew Johnston
- 09 November 2021
About Andrew Johnston: Andrew is a part-qualified trainee patent attorney, with experience in research and with patenting a wide range of
Mercer Review
- Ashley Wragg
- 21 October 2021
About Ashley Wragg: I’m Ashley, a recently-qualified European Patent Attorney. I’ve been with Appleyard Lees for four years, working as
Journey to the Leeds 10k
- David Jasiewicz
- 14 September 2021
About David Jasiewicz: I’m David, a trainee patent attorney in our Manchester office. I have a background in chemistry and before
