Doug Ealey
I joined D Young & Co in 2005 and became a partner in 2013. My background is in engineering, and I enjoy the creativity involved in the inception and prosecution of inventions. I’m also passionate about teaching, both within D Young & Co and across the profession, and to that end I write annual editions of the study guide used by most UK patent law students for their final law exam.
Before I became a patent attorney, I was a research engineer for the Defence Research Agency (now QinetiQ) from 1992 to 1995. After completing my PhD in neural networks, I continued in a research engineer role for Motorola Labs, where my work on distributed speech recognition was incorporated into the 3G standard. Since then, I’ve also managed in-house portfolios for Motorola UK Ltd.
My main areas of interest are now in computer technology, consumer electronics including cameras and videogame consoles, artificial intelligence (AI) - where I have been active in government consultations on the relationship between AI and IP - 3D printing, and VR technologies, building on diverse experience gained both in private practice and industry drafting and obtaining patent applications worldwide. My private practice clients have included major consumer electronics companies, as well as research groups and start-ups.
Qualifikationen
- BSc in Acoustic Engineering, University of Southampton 1992.
- PhD thesis in Neural Network Architecture, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton 1999.
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London.
- European Patent Attorney 2008.
- Chartered Patent Attorney 2007.
- Registered representative before the Unified Patent Court, 2023.
Mitgliedschaften
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA).
- European Patent Institute (epi).
- Society for Computers and Law (SCL).