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Mr Guy Burkill KC KC
Position
Specialises in all intellectual property; particularly active in technology-oriented patent cases. Has acted for many leading multinational companies in the telecoms, computer, electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical, aviation and other fields. Notable cases include Salbutamol, Cimetidine and Fenbufen patents (licences of right); Hoechst v British Petroleum (chemical manufacture, account of profits); Step v Emson (claim construction); Hallen v Brabantia (technical obviousness); Dyson v Hoover (post-expiry injunction); Philips v Princo (CD recording; directors’ liability); Sweeney v MacMillan (James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’, copyright and passing off); EMGS v Schlumberger (attributes of ‘skilled person’); Flynn Pharma v DrugsRUs (trade marks: parallel importation from outside EU); Qualcomm v Nokia, HTC v Apple, Nokia v HTC, Samsung v Apple, Optis v Apple, Nokia v Oppo (various aspects of mobile phone technology).
Career
Called 1981; Middle Temple and Lincoln’s Inn; QC 2002; co-editor ‘Terrell on the Law of Patents’ 15th edition (2000), 16th edition (2006), 17th edition (2011).
Memberships
Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association.
Education
Winchester College; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1978 MA First Class Hons Engineering, electrical option).
Leisure
Violin (performs with London Phoenix orchestra, Fulham Opera, others); opera; battling with HS2; trying to mend things.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Intellectual property
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2‘IP powerhouse’ Three New Square is home to a number of active barristers including Guy Burkill KC, who boasts particular expertise in the patent litigation arena, especially in cases surrounding the telecoms and technology industries. Douglas Campbell KC is another notable silk, and he practices in patent, trade mark, and confidential information cases. Thomas Hinchliffe KC also specialises in patent-related work, specifically in cases involving the pharmaceutical, biotechnological and computing sectors. Tom Mitcheson KC is another active team member who has been instructed on a large volume of leading and high-profile cases. Turning to the juniors, Denise McFarland has a thriving trade marks practice, and Tim Austen regularly appears before a range of courts for his clients, including the Patents Court, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Commercial Court, as well as the EPO.
London Bar > IT and telecoms: projects and services
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Three New Square is widely regarded as an ‘excellent set’ for IP matters and has developed a strong bench of expertise in the field of information technology, particularly technical matters concerning electronics. In Nokia v Oneplus and Oppo, Guy Burkill KC acted for the Chinese manufacturer in two separate patent infringements related to various aspects of mobile phone technology. Douglas Campbell KC represented two out of the five claimants in Interdigital v Lenovo & Motorola, a complex dispute before the Patents Court regarding 4G and LTE mobile technology. Miles Copeland brings particular knowledge of patent disputes concerning mobile phones, tablets and the internet.