Practice Areas
I focus on IP in all aspects: patents, SPCs, trade marks, design and confidential information. I am also Standing Counsel to the Comptroller-General. I have acted in all UK and EU courts and proceedings at the UKIPO and EPO. In the UKSC I have successfully represented Eli Lilly (pemetrexed, patents, equivalents), Skykick (Sky v. SkyKick, trade marks) and the Comptroller (Thaler v. Comptroller: AI, unled). Other cases include BskyB v. Microsoft (SkyDrive), Resolution v. Lundbeck (citalopram), Comic v. Fox (GLEE), FH Brundle v. Perry (threats), Cadbury v. Nestlé (colour marks), Biocompatibles v. Biosphere (EPO), Coca-Cola "MASTER" (GCEU), Merck v. ONO (biotech), , "TEAM GB" trade mark (UKIPO), Idenix v. Gilead (antivirals), Timesource v. Ultimate Products (passing off, account of profits). Glaxo .v. Wyeth (vaccines), Coloplast v. Macgregor (medical devices, unled), Merck v Shionogi (HIV), Accord v RCT (lacosamide), Sandoz v Searle (darunavir, SPCs), Lilly v. Genentech (antibodies, patents, SPCs, issue estoppel, UK and EPO), Glaxo v. Sandoz (passing off), IPCom v. Vodafone (telecoms patents), Sandoz v. BMS (pharmaceuticals, plausibility), GE v. SGRE (turbines), Teva v. Bayer (sorafenib), Teva v. Grünenthal (patents), Athleta v. SGD (trade marks, unled) Moderna v. Pfizer (patents) Astrazeneca v. Generics (patents); Newron, Merck Serono and Halozyme v. Comptroller (SPC cases).
Career
MChem Chemistry (Jesus College, Oxford: 1st); DPhil (Oxford) Chemical Physics. GDL (distinction); BPTC (Outstanding). Called 2011;
Standing Counsel to the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks 2019--.
