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Winston Taylor LLP

Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

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Winston Taylor LLP

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Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation - London (Firms)

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Winston Taylor is renowned for its powerful electronics and life sciences patent litigation offering, alongside high-quality commercial, contentious and corporate support work involving all core IP rights. The team also has a heavyweight brand protection offering for major fashion and retail clients, and is noted for the quality of its trade mark and patent prosecution service.

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Work Highlights

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  • Winston Taylor coordinated European patent litigation for Abbott relating to patents protecting continuous glucose monitors against Sibionics, a Chinese device manufacturer.

Strengths

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  • All team members show a deep knowledge of the subject area to provide strategic counselling. They think through all angles and issues to provide the best, most-tailored advice.

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  • Taylor Wessing is especially good where coordination is required across jurisdictions.

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  • They are very highly regarded for their technical ability and responsiveness. They are exceptionally easy to work with and have strong commercial acumen and industry knowledge.

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  • The size of the IP team at Taylor Wessing enable them to deal with matters of any scale and complexity. Also, they have a problem-solving attitude that makes working with them easier and more effective.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Roland Mallinson
    Roland Mallinson

    Roland Mallinson

    Roland Mallinson is called upon for his expertise in managing, developing and enforcing company trade mark portfolios. He is one of the most talented trade mark litigators in the UK market.

    • He is very helpful and a creative thinker.

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    • Roland Mallinson is a fantastic IP lawyer, very aware of current business realities, with deep legal knowledge and fearless litigation skills and tactics.

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  • Jeremy Drew
    Jeremy Drew

    Jeremy Drew

    Jeremy Drew's broad client base benefits from his many years of experience handling trade mark litigation. He offers additional strength in copyright and database rights disputes.

    • He's a very strong IP lawyer who goes very deep in his legal analysis. He is very creative and takes an interesting approach to the case.

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    • Jeremy deserves the highest praise for all aspects of his work.

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  • Mark Owen
    Mark Owen

    Mark Owen

    Mark Owen is recommended for his stewardship of complex trade mark and copyright disputes. He also represents clients on intellectual property transactions. His recent work has seen him represent leaders in gaming and social media.
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  • Matthew Royle
    Matthew Royle

    Matthew Royle

    Matthew Royle acts for pharmaceutical companies in patent litigation and also advises them on SPCs and regulation. He has taken a number of cases to the UK Supreme Court.

    • An effective lawyer with a very sophisticated understanding of the pharma sector.

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    • Matthew Royle is very good: super-smart and very good to work with.

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  • Simon Cohen
    Simon Cohen

    Simon Cohen

    Simon Cohen is highly regarded for his experience litigating patent disputes for life sciences companies. He is qualified to litigate before UK and European courts.

    • Simon Cohen is very calm and on top of things.

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  • Giles Crown
    Giles Crown

    Giles Crown

    Giles Crown is entrusted by household-name brands to litigate in defence of their trade marks and advise on rights strategy. His impressive client list includes top football clubs, engineering companies, retailers and network providers.

    • Giles is one of the most versatile lawyers I have met. He is thoughtful and wise and able to dig deep into matters and provide spot-on and concise support.

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    • A careful and thoughtful trade mark expert.

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  • Nigel Stoate
    Nigel Stoate

    Nigel Stoate

    Nigel Stoate is experienced handling complex life sciences patent disputes before UK and European courts. He acts for numerous leading medical devices and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

    • Nigel Stoate is an exceptional team leader and client manager.

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    • Nigel Stoate is exceptionally strong: very good at big-picture coordination and very good with the client.

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