Alice Hart

Barrister specialising in all aspects of Intellectual Property law, including patents, SPCs, trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs, confidential information and contractual disputes involving intellectual property or technical subject matter.

Recent cases include: Pfizer & BioNTech v Moderna, Pfizer & BioNTech v CureVac (patents, COVID-19, mRNA vaccines); Siemens v GE (patents, wind turbines); Sandoz v BMS (patent/SPC, apixaban); Eli Lilly v Teva (patent, pemetrexed, damages under settlement agreement); Lufthansa v Astronics, Panasonic & Safran (patent, in-seat power sockets, account of profits); Geofabrics v Fiberweb (patent, railway geocomposites, damages inquiry); NHS England, Wales & NI v Warner-Lambert (second medical use patent, pregabalin, damages inquiry, cross-undertakings); Sandoz, Teva & ors v Bayer (patent, rivaroxaban); Illumina v MGI (patents, DNA sequencing); NL Holding v GMA (passing off, copyright infringement, Formula 1, sports personality), Black Sheep v Conilon (trade marks, passing off, beer); Glaxo v Glenmark and Celon (trade marks, 3D shape, inhalers).

2016 – 2018: Outstanding, Bar Professional Training Course; Graduate Diploma in Law – City, University of London

2011 – 2016: First Class Hons, MBiochem Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry – University of Oxford