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Stuart Baran

Stuart Baran

UK Bar 2026

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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--.

Professional Memberships

Inner Temple, AIPPI, IPBA

Publications

Terrell on the law of Patents (Co-editor); formerly IP editor, White Book

Personal

Violinist; cooking.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Intellectual Property - London (Bar)

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Stuart Baran is an in-demand barrister who continues to impress instructing solicitors with his work ethic, client care, commerciality and intelligence. He is recognised for his experience in trade mark litigation, and is also well known for his representation of life sciences companies in high-value patent and supplementary protection certificate litigation. He has appeared in numerous High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court proceedings.

Strengths

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  • Stuart Baran has broad experience and is very much in demand.

    Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
  • I saw Stuart do cross-examination at trial and he did an excellent job.

    Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
  • Stuart Baran thinks very holistically and strategically. He sees the bigger picture.

    Intellectual PropertyUK Bar

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