Richard Gordon-Brown

Richard Gordon-Brown, Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, Design Attorney at EIP. Richard has nearly two decades of experience advising on patent and registered design matters relating to mechanical, electromechanical and manufacturing technologies for clients in industries such as aerospace, marine, transport & logistics, consumer electronics and more. He is an Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (AMIMechE) and has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham

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IP considerations arising from increased micro mobility competition

Following the Queen’s Speech, and years of consultations and lobbying from the micro mobility sector, it looks like the e-scooter industry is in for a bumper year. The vehicles have until now been legal to buy, yet illegal to use on the UK’s public roads except through authorised ride sharing schemes.  However, this will now change through the creation of a new vehicle class for e-scooters specifically.