Bristows LLP

Patent Litigation

James specialises in contentious IP matters.

He has a breadth of experience in advising on patent disputes in the telecommunication, electronics, aeronautics and oil and gas fields. Other areas of James' practice include the interplay between IP and competition law and copyright infringement with an IT-focused subject matter. James is experienced in dealing with cross-border litigation in Europe, North America and Asia. He is closely involved with preparations for the UPC and led a team in our well publicised UPC Moot designed to stress test the UPC procedures in a real-time framework.

James' doctorate in optoelectronics and general background in physics provides him with a firm understanding of highly technical issues. He is experienced in working with a diverse range of technical subject matter from 3G mobile telecommunications and optical data storage to immunoassay techniques and pharmaceuticals. James has advised on a number of high profile IP disputes, including acting for Aerotel in the Court of Appeal's ruling on patentability of business methods and software patents and for Philips in a successful patent claim in the field of human computer interaction and computer vision. James is a qualified Solicitor-Advocate with full rights of audience before all of the UK’s civil courts. He is a member of AIPPI and CIPA.

Trained at Freshfields; qualified in 2002; associate Bristows since 2002; partner at the firm since 2011

AIPPI and CIPA

The Campion School, Essex; St Andrews University (1994 MSci Optoelectronics, 1998 PhD Optoelectronics); The College of Law (1999 CPE, 2000 LPC); Bristol University (2004 diploma Intellectual Property Law and Practice).

Family, cycling, photography.