OUR TEAM

Howard exploits his interdisciplinary technical knowledge to protect inventions for Applicants, particularly in emerging technologies in chemistry, physics, health care and computing, including AI/ML. Howard pragmatically applies his legal expertise and extensive experience before the EPO Opposition Divisions and Boards of Appeal to defend rights for Patentees and to challenge third party rights for Opponents, including as strawperson. Howard combines his knowledge, expertise and experience to advantageously benefit Litigants before national courts. Howard capitalizes further on his business acumen to develop IP and commercialization strategies for organizations dependent on innovation, including delivering Freedom to Operate risk assessment opinions.

Howard is a European Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator (representative before the UPC) and a UK Chartered Patent Attorney. Prior to joining the patent profession in 2014, Howard undertook academic research in Japan, delivered offshore and energy engineering projects and developed analytical instrumentation, particularly for health care.

Howard graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK with MA in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Metallurgy. Howard also has a MSc in Computing, a LLM (Distinction) in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Manchester, UK and a Diploma (Distinction) in Patent Litigation in Europe from the University of Strasbourg, France.

Howard is fluent in English and Portuguese, having grown up in Brazil, and is proficient in French.

Howard is a member of FICPI, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and epi. Howard regularly presents on patent case law and tutors candidates for the European Qualifying Examinations (EQEs).