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Carpmaels & Ransford LLP is a leader in the European IP market having driven innovation in the industry for over 200 years. We advise clients on all aspects of intellectual property including drafting, filing and prosecuting patent and trade mark applications, drafting and negotiating licence agreements and other commercial IP agreements, advising on the transfer of property rights, assisting clients with patent restoration matters and conducting enforcement and revocation litigation.


The firm has one of Europe’s largest intellectual property teams serving blue-chip clients across the globe. The firm’s attorneys have considerable technical knowledge, bringing together experience from industry-leading companies, academic research at leading universities, and extensive patent expertise in the areas of engineering and tech, chemistry and materials, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, supplementary protection certificates and information communications technology and standards. 

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation - London (Firms)

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Carpmaels & Ransford is a powerful patent litigation practice built on the solid foundations of one of the country's leading patent attorney firms. The firm draws on deep wells of knowledge across all conceivable scientific disciplines but has particularly cut a dash in life sciences.

Work Highlights

  • Carpmaels & Ransford were instructed by Johnson & Johnson to help defend and enforce the patents that protect the company’s biggest product, Stelara which is a biological product used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases (such as arthritis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis and ulcerative

    colitis) across the EU.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ian Kirby
2
Ian Kirby
2
Band 2
Ian Kirby is noted for his success as a patent litigator acting for medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers. He has also recently been instructed by clients in financial services and consumer goods.

Ian Kirby is a great team leader and case managing partner.

A very good litigator.

Ian is a brilliant, strategic thinker and combines profound legal knowledge with an excellent understanding of the clients' business.

David Wilson
3
David Wilson
3
Band 3
David Wilson has a wealth of experience defending and bringing claims for corporations in patent infringement and revocation actions. He has particular expertise representing top pharmaceutical companies.

David Wilson has significant experience in patent litigation and strategy.

Jennifer Antcliff
4
Jennifer Antcliff
4
Band 4
Jennifer Antcliff is recommended for her coordination and litigation of patent litigation in the life sciences sector. In addition to representing clients on patents disputes, she also advises them on patent enforcement strategies.

Jennifer always goes the extra mile to ensure to deliver in accordance with the client's expectations and handles the cases in a way which makes it easy for the client to make its business decisions.

She is incredibly smart, technically superb and at the very top of her game in this field.

Jennifer is an exceptional IP litigator and knows the life sciences patent litigation sector inside-out. She is particularly experience in coordinating multi-jurisdictional patent and SPC litigation.

Ranked Lawyers at
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

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London (Firms)

Intellectual Property

Ian Kirby
2
Ian Kirby
2
Band 2
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

David Wilson
3
David Wilson
3
Band 3
Ian Kirby
3
Ian Kirby
3
Band 3
Jennifer Antcliff
4
Jennifer Antcliff
4
Band 4

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