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Michael Tappin KC

UK Bar 2026

8 New Square

Ranked in 1 practice area

Intellectual Property

London (Bar)

31 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

Recent and significant cases include: Regeneron v Kymab (SC/CA/HC), Eli Lilly v HGS (SC/CA), Generics v Lundbeck (HL/CA), Conor v Angiotech (HL), Sandoz & Teva v Bristol-Myers Squibb (CA/HC), Moderna v Pfizer & BioNTech (CA/HC), BioNTech & Pfizer v CureVac (HC), Sandoz v Biogen (HC), Gilead v Nucana (HC), Nokia v Oppo/OnePlus (HC), Alcon v AMO (HC), Mitsubishi v OnePlus (HC), Conversant v Huawei (HC), Eli Lilly v Genentech (HC), Chugai v UCB (HC), Fujifilm v AbbVie (HC), Illumina v Ariosa (HC), GSK v Wyeth (HC), Eli Lilly v HGS (SPC – CJEU/HC), Hospira v Genentech (CA/HC), Hospira v Novartis (CA/HC), HTC v Gemalto (CA/HC), Resolution v Lundbeck (CA/HC), Regeneron v Genentech (CA/HC), Fresenius v Carefusion (CA), Mylan v Yeda (CA/HC), KCI v Smith & Nephew (CA/HC), Napp v ratiopharm (CA/HC), Nokia v HTC (HC), HTC v Apple (HC), Ivax v Glaxo (HC of Ireland).

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Career

Called 1991. Appointed KC 2009. Standing Counsel to the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks 2003-08. Called to the Bar of Ireland 2018. Appointed as Deputy High Court Judge 2021.

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association.

Publications

Co-author of Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria's Modern Law of Copyright (5th edn, 2018).

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Intellectual Property - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Michael Tappin KC enjoys an excellent reputation for his courtroom presentation and capabilities in handling highly technical life sciences patent disputes such as revocation attempts and infringement claims. He is also noted for his experience acting in TMT patent infringement cases. He is consistently praised by instructing solicitors for his outstanding command of detail.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Michael Tappin KC is a determined and conscientious advocate who is hugely respected by judges and feared by opponents.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
Michael Tappin is fantastically clever. He has a real attention to detail in looking at the way the case fits together. He is a great strategist and a really good advocate. He is absolutely excellent.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
Michael Tappin KC is excellent. He is impactful as an advocate, gets completely into the detail and doesn't put a foot wrong ever. He gets results.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar