Practice Areas
Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property law: patents, SPCs, trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs and confidential information.
Recent cases include: : Modernatx v Pfizer & BioNTech (COVID-19 vaccine patents); AstraZeneca v Tesaro (patents, licensing issues); Phillips v OPPO (telecoms patents); Sandoz & Teva v BMS (pharmaceutical patents); Teva v Novartis (pharmaceutical patent, expedited trial); Neurim & Flynn v Mylan (divisional patent, preliminary issues); Optis v Apple (telecoms patents); MSD v Wyeth (vaccine patent); Neurim & Flynn v Mylan (pharmaceutical patent, interim relief); Liqwd v L’Oréal (haircare patent, damages inquiry); Accord/Aspire v Allergan (pharmaceutical patent); Emson v Hozelock (mechanical patents); Actavis v ICOS Corp (pharmaceutical patent, Supreme Court); Conversant v Apple(telecoms patents);Juul v Quick Juul(trade marks, passing off, ex parte interim relief including interim injunctions and doorstep search orders; summary judgment); Manchester United v SEGA (trade marks, passing off);Juul v JCR Biotech (trade marks, registered designs, passing off; default judgment); Generics v Yeda (pharmaceutical patent). Katherine has also recently appeared in a LCIA pharmaceutical arbitration.
Career
Called 2012, Lincoln's Inn. Biochemistry, King's College London and Berkeley, University of California. Professional Memberships Chancery Bar Association, IP Bar Association, IP Society, AIPPI, ChIPs.
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, IP Bar Association, IP Society, AIPPI, ChIPs.