Primary Job Title Partner and European Patent Attorney Primary Organization 
D Young & Co
Location Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Doug is an experienced patent practitioner, specialising in drafting and obtaining patent applications world-wide in both private practice and industry. Doug’s areas of expertise are in computer technology fields (including hardware and software), consumer electronics and mobile telephony. He has previously managed in-house patent portfolios for
Motorola UK Ltd, whilst clients in private practice have included major consumer electronics companies, research groups and start-ups.
Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Doug was a research engineer for the Defence Research Agency (now QinetiQ) between 1992 and 1995, and after completing his PhD became a research engineer for Motorola Labs between 1999 and 2002, where his work on distributed speech recognition was incorporated into the 3G standard. Having been established in 1891, D Young & Co has a long and proud history of supporting pioneering companies in emerging technologies and is ranked as a ‘top tier’ firm across the UK legal directories for IP and legal services.
