Powell Gilbert LLP

Intellectual property.

Partner specialising in intellectual property litigation. Work covers advising on full range of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, copyright, designs and confidential information.

Cases include Research Corporation’s Patent (licence of right under the SPC for Carboplatin), IBM v Phoenix (trademark infringement and passing off), Rambus v Micron and Hyundai (patent infringement), Gillette v Corsair (passing off), Monsanto and Searle v Merck (patent infringement), Allergan v Pharmacia (patent infringement), Duracell v Round Imports (trade mark infringement), Sony Computer Entertainment v Ball (circumvention of copy protection measures), Aerotel v Telco (business method patents), Dr Reddy’s v Eli Lilly (patent revocation), Philips and Others v Alba (patent exhaustion and competition), Apple v Nokia (patent infringement), HTC v Apple (patent revocation), Unwired Planet v Huawei (patent infringement and FRAND), Vestel v HEVC Advance (FRAND licensing), Seoul Semiconductor v General Electric (patent revocation) and AutoStore v Ocado (patent infringement)

Trained Bristows; qualified Solicitor 1993; partner Bristows 2000; founding partner Powell Gilbert LLP 2007; Solicitor (Ireland) 2020; UPC Representative 2023.

AIPPI; PTMG; CIPA; EPLAW; IPLA; INTA; Marques.

Watford Boys’ Grammar School; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (MA Natural Sciences).

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