Ilya Kazi

Ilya Kazi has more than a decade of experience in IP management. He divides his time between leading teams managing substantial portfolios numbering tens, hundreds or even thousands of patents for multinational corporations, and giving hands-on strategic advice to start-ups, growing companies and investors.

Mr Kazi has a substantial prosecution practice with around 3000 applications to his name. He is heavily involved in Opposition, Appeal and Litigation, and has obtained a favourable outcome for clients on 13 out of the last 15 Oppositions he has handled.

As well as extensive experience in defending and opposing patents in European Patent Office opposition and appeal proceedings, Mr Kazi has been involved in commercial dispute resolution within formal mediation proceedings and litigation. He has successfully and creatively negotiated positive outcomes for clients charged with infringement on several occasions. He has a track record of strategic filing of oppositions that have helped forced settlement of other litigation and of taking over and turning round oppositions which had not been progressing favourably. He also advises on exploitation and licensing and on strategic and cost-effective commercial portfolio development, and is the author of numerous published articles on law and strategy.

His technical specialisms include information technology, hardware and software, networking and communications technologies, video and audio processing and transmission and electronics. He has significant expertise in a broad range of medical device technologies and also works with subject matter of a more mechanical nature, including robotic equipment and controls, heat pumps and turbines and energy recovery.

He is also a private pilot with interest in and experience of aeronautical, aerospace and defence equipment, engines, control systems and composite construction techniques and advising on obtaining strategic protection relevant to certification.

He serves on a number of committees of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and is enthusiastic about raising public awareness of intellectual property, appearing on CNN and writing for The Times, The Independent, The Economist, The Telegraph, the House of Commons’ magazine and numerous others.