Barrister specialising in all types of contentious intellectual property work, including patents, trade marks, copyright, design right, registered designs, passing off and confidential information. Reported cases include: Arsenal v Reed (trade mark, ECJ and CA); Sir Robert McAlpine v Alfred McAlpine (passing off); Pozzoli v BDMO (CA); Lundbeck v Teva (patent sufficiency, HL); L’Oreal v eBay (trade mark); Medeva’s Patent (SPC, CA); Schutz v Werit (SC); Medimmune v Novartis (CA); Lilly v HGS (SC); Cadbury v Nestlé (shape mark, CJEU); Servier v Apotex (SC); Hospira v Genentech (CA); Actavis v Lilly (SC); Warner Lambert v Actavis (SC); Gilead v Teva (SPC, CJEU); Actavis v Icos (SC), Sandoz v Janssen / Searle (SPC, CJEU), Rhodia v Neo (CA), IPCom v Vodafone (CA), Fibrogen v Akebia (CA), GE v Siemens, Pfizer v Moderna, Samsung Bioepis v Janssen.
Called 1996, Inner Temple; QC 2014. Publications: Wang P-C, Vancura A, Mitcheson TGM, and Kuret J (1992), ‘Two genes in Saccaromyces cerevisiae Encode a Membrane-Bound Form of Casein Kinase-1’, Molecular Biology of the Cell 3, 275-286. Terrell on the Law of Patents (20th Edition, 2024). Standing counsel to the comptroller general for patents, designs and trade marks 2009-14. Appointed Person to hear trade mark appeals 2016-. Called to the Irish Bar, 2021 & UPC Representative. Appointed Deputy High Court Judge 2024.
Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; Bar European Group.
Trinity College, Cambridge (1994 MA First Class Hons Natural Sciences); City University (1994 Diploma in Law CPE – Distinction).