Stuart Forrest has a degree in Chemistry (MChem) from Oxford University. He is a qualified UK and European patent attorney, a CIPA council member, and chair of CIPA’s Patents Committee. He is UPC representative in WP Thompson’s Chemistry and Life Sciences team. WP Thompson deals with patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and all other aspects of intellectual property. WP Thompson has substantial expertise in a wide range of technical disciplines, and we are fully aware of the importance of intellectual property as a commercial and business asset and are ever mindful that our advice to clients must have a commercial edge.