Paul Kaufman

Paul is a Partner in the Life Sciences team, specialising in small molecule pharmaceuticals. He coordinates filing and prosecution strategies for patent applications at all stages of the product lifecycle and has extensive experience representing clients in multi-party EPO opposition and appeal proceedings. Paul was shortlisted for MIP’s Rising Star of the Year award in 2024.

A significant area of Paul’s practice is in Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and other patent term extensions. He is experienced in planning and implementing complex pan-European SPC filing strategies and coordinating worldwide patent term extension portfolios. Given Paul’s expertise in this area, he often works in concert with the Dispute Resolution team at Carpmaels to defend SPCs for some of the world’s largest selling drugs from generic challenge in UK and European tribunals.