Mitchell Beebe

Mitchell has a broad practice across all areas of intellectual property law and commercial disputes with a technical or IP aspect.

He has appeared, both led and unled, in matters in the High Court, the IPEC and the Court of Appeal, and in proceedings before the UK IPO and EUIPO. He has also appeared in commercial arbitrations under the LCIA and WIPO Rules. His recent work has included patent disputes concerning prosthetic heart valves and delivery systems for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (Edwards Lifesciences Corporation & Anor v Meril GmbH & Anor), small molecules (Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd & Anor v Generics UK Ltd (t/a Mylan) – both at first instance and on appeal), and mechanical ventilation (Tehrani v Hamilton Bonaduz AG & Ors), as well as trade mark disputes (Bentley 1962 Ltd & Anor v Bentley Motors Ltd – both at first instance and on appeal), and a claim of misuse of confidential information in a high frequency (quantitative) trading strategy (confidential LCIA arbitration).

Mitchell has also assisted on secondment on Garmin (Europe) Ltd v Koninklijke Philips N.V. [2019] EWHC 107 (Ch) and on the RAND aspects of TQ Delta v ZyXeL Communications UK Ltd & Anor HP-2017-000045.

Before coming to the Bar, Mitchell completed both a law degree and a science degree (with a major in pharmacology) and qualified as a solicitor in Australia. He worked for four years with Herbert Smith Freehills in both Australia and London.