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Maureen Kelly

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

maureen.kelly@keystonelaw.co.uk

“We appointed Maureen to look after our UK contract work and she has become an invaluable extension of our team. She has taken the trouble to understand our business and our technology, and as a result now negotiates all contracts directly with our client’s legal reps.”

- Ben Harris, Chief Executive, Decibel Insight

An experienced intellectual property and information technology solicitor, Maureen works across a wide variety of sectors including life sciences, charity, education, and information technology. Her practice spans a broad range of commercial and research agreements. Maureen specialises in facilitating knowledge transfer between research organisations and industry, advising on matters including licences, research collaborations, research grant terms, and revenue sharing. In addition to her experience in private practice, Maureen spent three years in-house with Cancer Research UK.

Maureen’s clients include research institutes, charities that fund research, private and public companies, and individuals.

Having been a member of the Knowledge Exchange UK training committee for 10 years, she continues to provide training on knowledge transfer courses.

Expertise

Maureen advises clients across a wide variety of sectors on intellectual property with a focus on patents, related know-how, and copyright.

Experience

  • Acted for a leading London university on IP commercialisation with IP Group plc.
  • Advised a leading London patent attorney firm on a patent licence involving a complex party history.
  • Advised a biotechnology company on licensing its patent-protected technology in Japan.
  • Acted on numerous patent litigation settlement agreements.

Maureen advises clients on data protection issues, in particular those related to contracts.

Experience

  • Advised an SME providing software as a service on the changes required to its suite of contracts to comply with GDPR.
  • Acted for a UK pension fund updating its data protection policy, breach policy, and privacy notice.
  • Advised a UK company providing online training courses on its data protection obligations.

Registered Technology Transfer Professional

Member of the Society for Computers & Law

Experience

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Maureen qualified as a solicitor in 1995. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2009, she worked at the following firms:

  • Cancer Research Technology Limited
  • Herbert Smith

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