Alison Simons

Alison Simons has been with Dummett Copp since 2001 after qualifying as a European Patent Attorney with BT's Intellectual Property Department. She became a partner in 2005.

Graduated from the University of Manchester in 1986 with a first class honours degree in Computer Science, she then joined the Speech Applications division at BT Research Laboratories. Alison contributed to several speech recognition patents, and received BT's patent medal in 1997 for the most promising invention of the year.

In 1996, she was awarded an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering with distinction from Kings College London.

Qualifications
Chartered Patent Attorney (UK)
European Patent Attorney
Member Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (UK)
European Trade Mark Attorney

Specialist Technologies
Electronics, Software, Speech Synthesis & Recognition, Telecommunications.