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Provided by Michael Tappin KC
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 (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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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.
Intellectual Property Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association.
Co-author of Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria's Modern Law of Copyright (5th edn, 2018).
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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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Michael is very detail-focused and shrewd tactical thinker. For a highly complex case, he's excellent.
Michael is always in the most-wanted list of KCs for life sciences patent cases. He is forensic, measured and very easy to work with.
Michael is a real details person who gets into the nuts and bolts of a case and is always very prepared.
Michael is very detail-focused and shrewd tactical thinker. For a highly complex case, he's excellent.
Michael is always in the most-wanted list of KCs for life sciences patent cases. He is forensic, measured and very easy to work with.
Michael is a real details person who gets into the nuts and bolts of a case and is always very prepared.
