Gemma’s background is in physics, with a particular interest in particle and quantum physics. Prior to joining EIP, she completed a DPhil and postdoctoral fellowship on the search for the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Gemma’s patent work covers a diverse array of technical fields. Examples include: software, AI, photonics, electronics, telecommunications (including quantum communication) and mechanical devices. She has extensive experience in display technologies including quantum dots, holography, electrowetting and microfluidics.
Her practice is focused on original drafting and prosecution work. She particularly enjoys working directly with clients to obtain high quality patent protection for complex technology.
Gemma is well placed to provide strategic patenting advice to businesses, having gained valuable knowledge of the commercial considerations in building, managing and enforcing a substantial patent portfolio during a secondment to the in-house patents department of a telecommunications multinational.
Gemma also has experience of contentious matters, including patent litigation before the UK High Court alongside the EIP Legal team and opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office.
Experience
- Secondment to the in-house IP department of a FTSE-100 telecoms client
- Align Technologies v ClearCorrect. Provided litigation support to the EIP Legal team, who acted for ClearCorrect in its defence against alleged infringement of four of Align’s medical device patents. The dispute between the parties in the UK was settled after the exchange of expert evidence.
- Good Technology v MobileIron and AirWatch. Provided litigation support to the EIP Legal team, who acted for Good Technology Inc., on issues of infringement arising in UK High Court patent proceedings involving mobile device management and security patents. (link)
Recent work
- Ranked as 'Notable Practitioner' IP Stars 2024 (link)
- Patent prosecution, drafting and litigation experience in areas including electronics and computer-related inventions.
Published articles
- 10 December 2019
JIPLP, There is no hope in inventive step (link) - 12 October 2017
JIPLP, A hope to succeed - are the EPO Guidelines misleading? (link) - 2 October 2013
Lexology, FA Premier League takes the lead in battle against linking to infringing match content (link) - 12 March 2013
Lexology, Added matter and omnibus claims: a UK perspective (link) - 17 September 2012
Physics Letters B, 716(1), pp. 1-29, Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Education
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2013 — 2014
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London -
2007 — 2011
PhD, University of Oxford -
2003 — 2007
MPhys Physics, University of Oxford
Career history
- 2020 — present
Partner, EIP - 2017 — 2020
Senior Associate, EIP - 2012 — 2016
Associate, EIP - 2011 — 2012
Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Awards and recognition
- Ranked as a 'Notable Practitioner', IP Stars 2023
- Listed as 'Notable practitioner', IP Stars 2022 (link)
- Ranked as "Rising Star", IP Stars 2019 (link)
- Ranked as "Rising Star", IP Stars 2018 (link)
- "Gemma Wooden is a rising star to watch", IP Stars 2017
Languages spoken
- French (Intermediate)
- German (Basic)
Additional information
Member of CIPA's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
Specialisms
Digital
- AI
- Applied maths & cryptography
- Consumer electronics
- Fintech
- Photonics and optics
- Robotics
- Software
Dynamics
- Electromechanical systems
- Mechanics