Miles Copeland
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Intellectual Property
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Band 1
About
Provided by Miles Copeland
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property, Information Technology and related commercial disputes including arbitrations; patents, trademarks, passing off, copyright, designs, confidential information, malicious falsehood. Advice, drafting and advocacy both in the UK and the EPO. Cases include: Moderna v Pfizer/ BioNTech [2023-] (COVID-19 vaccines); R2 v Intel [2023] (voltage regulators); IPBridge v Huawei [2023] (mobiles); Lufthansa v Astronics [2022-] (account of profits); Rhodia v Neo [2018-2023] (ceric oxides, also damages enquiry); AutoStore v Ocado [2022-2023] (robots); Illumina v Latvia [2020-2021] (nucleic acid sequencing); Conversant v Huawei [2018-2020] (mobiles); Actavis v Warner-Lambert [2015-2018] (Supreme Court, pregabalin for pain, second medical use patents); Edwards v Boston [2017] (heart valves); GSK v Wyeth [2017] (damages enquiry); Chromatography column [2015] EPO opposition; HTC v Gemalto [2013] (computer software, mobiles); Nokia v HTC [2013] (mobiles); Resolution v Lundbeck [2013] (estoppel, privity); Fabio Perini v PCMC [2009-2012] (mechanical patent, also damages inquiry); Welland v Hadley [2011](entitlement proceedings).
Career
Called 2004, Lincoln's Inn; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (2002 MA Hons, Natural Sciences, Neuroscience); ICSL (2004, BVC); City University (2003, Diploma in Law).
Professional Memberships
Intellectual Property Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association.
Publications
Contributing author of “Terrell on the Law of Patents”.