Laura Mannering holds extensive experience in general and strategic patents counselling, patent drafting and prosecution, and IP analysis including freedom to operate opinions and infringement analysis. Since she has lived, studied and work in three different European countries, she has an excellent knowledge of international strategy, and strategy is an important part of Laura’s approach to client advise.
As well as being a skilled draftsperson, Laura has taken on a considerable amount of extra-professional responsibilities. For example, she heads the business development group for construction, aquaculture and Greentech technology, is actively involved in Trainee education, and is the Norwegian FICPI delegate so represents Norway on the international stage with regards to patent law.
She represents clients before the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, EPO and PCT authorities.
Laura advises national and international clients on inventions relating to Physics and General mechanics and has specific expertise in construction, aquaculture and Greentech technology. She is also active in protection of software-related innovation. Her greatest strength is understanding technically complex subject matter across a wide range of fields. Laura has worked as a private practice Patent Attorney for several years in a UK IP firm. Prior to this Laura has worked as an in-house patent attorney for British automotive company Jaguar Land Rover and British engineering company Dyson Ltd where she was responsible for invention harvesting, competitor analysis and extending the IP portfolio internationally.
Year Joined Firm: 2022
Education/Alumni:
Laura qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 2019. She has a Post Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property, a BSc in Physics from Imperial College London and a Masters in Physics from Ecole Normal Superieure de Lyon in France. She is also one exam away from UK Chartership and is currently preparing for the Infringement and Validity paper this October.
Network Memberships:
- FICPI
- FONIP
- EPI
- CIPA
- Imperial Alumni
