RSC - Advancing the Chemical Sciences


Members

 

Committee



Picture of Dr Don Lewis CChem FRSC

Dr Don Lewis CChem FRSC

Chair

Don Lewis obtained a doctoral degree in biophysics from Oregon State University and worked as a post-doc in microbiology at UCLA.  He then obtained law degrees in the US and the UK.  He is licensed to practice law in the US, UK, and Canada.  After a period working at a Los Angeles patent firm, he accepted an in-house position at The Scripps Research Institute (San Diego) as Chemistry Patent Counsel, where he now works.  He was a founding member of the ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law (CHAL) and helped found the RSC Law Group.  He was elected a Fellow of the RSC, in part, for his contributions to the early development of Click Chemistry.



Mr Graham Burnett-Hall MRSC

Secretary

Graham studied chemistry at Oxford University and then qualified as a solicitor.  He is a senior associate at Marks & Clerk Solicitors and specialises in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trade marks, designs, copyright and confidential information.  His work is primarily concerned with contentious matters, with a particular emphasis on patent litigation.  He has acted in patent infringement and validity disputes in a wide range of fields, including the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and electronics sectors.  He also advises on non-contentious matters and a significant part of his practice consists of advising clients in connection with the development and commercial exploitation of their intellectual property rights."



Dr Tony Chalk CChem FRSC

Treasurer

Tony Chalk is a Colour Chemist who gained his degree and doctorate at Leeds University.  It was during his studies that he became a member of the RSC.  His industrial career spanned over 20 years in the dyestuffs and printing industries, initially as a research scientist and information manager, before he moved into the IP field whilst employed by DuPont in the early 1990s.  At the beginning of 2000 he entered private practice with Harrison Goddard Foote, where he became a partner in 2001, specialising particularly in patents in the fields of colour and printing technology, nuclear chemistry and pharmaceuticals.



Mr Stuart Jackson CChem MRSC

Programme Chair

Stuart Jackson gained a degree in Chemistry from Imperial College, after which he pursued research at Oxford involving enzyme mechanisms.  After a few years in the brewing industry, he subsequently spent 15 years as a chemist and project manager in the health care industry, principally in the field of wound healing.  He qualified as a solicitor in 1996, and now specialises in intellectual property law, particularly patent law, undertaking both litigation and non-contentious work such as licensing.



Mr Alex Rogers MRSC

Publicity Chair

Alex gained a Chemistry degree from Oxford University, which involved a final year working for Professor Steve Davies devising new synthetic routes to certain amino acids. Alex is now a UK and European patent attorney at the firm Haseltine Lake.  Alex drafts and prosecutes UK and European patent applications, with a particular emphasis on pharmaceuticals and medical technologies.  He also works on European Opposition cases.  Alex's clients include a number of universities and high-technology SMEs.



Dr Michael Edenborough CChem MRSC

Committee Member

Michael Edenborough has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge, and a doctorate in Biophysics from Oxford. He joined the RSC while still at school. He is now a barrister specialising in intellectual property law: in particular, registered rights such as patents, trade marks and designs; and the related unregistered rights such as confidential information, passing-off and copyright. He represents clients in the UK Patent Office and Trade Mark Registry, the UK courts, the EPO (Munich) and the European Court of Justice (Luxembourg). He has acted for, and advised, the UK Comptroller-General of Patents and the Trade Mark Registrar.