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Powell Gilbert LLP
Powell Gilbert LLP is an IP boutique, which houses a ‘truly outstanding’ team, which handles revocation proceedings, appeals, and disputes concerning patent royalties. Practice head Penny Gilbert utilises her academic background in molecular biology and biochemistry to represent clients before the CJEU and the EFTA court. Tim Powell has vast expertise in the enforcement of patents and injunctions relating to gene sequencing and pre-natal testing. Bethan Hopewell has broad knowledge spanning contractual disputes, damages claims, and infringement proceedings.
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‘Bethan Hopewell and Tim Powell's team is truly outstanding in terms of both legal skill and acumen as well as technical capability.'
'They bring a mix of prowess that is a dream combination for winning hard hitting European litigation in the life sciences.’
‘Extremely high quality.’
Key clients
- Biogen
- Edwards Lifesciences
- Illumina
- BioNTech
- Cook Medical
- Oxford University Innovation and the University of Oxford
- MED-EL
- Otsuka
- NuCana
- DSM
Work highlights
- Representing BioNTech in patent litigation relating to its SARS-CoV2 vaccine against Moderna and CureVac, which will go to trial in the first half of 2024.
- Representing Biogen in ongoing European cases relating to its Humira biosimilar and also acting in a UK patent dispute with Sandoz/Polpharma, who are developing a biosimilar to Biogen’s innovator product Tysabri (natalizumab), an antibody drug used to treat multiple sclerosis.
- Represented Otsuka in UK proceedings relating to its licence dispute with GW Pharma. Otsuka commenced proceedings in the UK court for determination of its entitlement to royalties based upon the relevant jointly owned patents.
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Senior Counsel and solicitor advocate specialising in intellectual property litigation and healthcare regulatory advice,. particularly large scale patent actions with an international dimension. Acts for a wide range of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in disputed IP matters and has had conduct of major cases such as Edwards Lifesciences v Boston Scientific, Illumina v Premaitha and Warner Lambert v Actavis. Also advises clients in industry sectors ranging from petrochemicals to electronics on disputed patent matters. Notable electronics cases include Nokia v Apple, HTC v Apple and Motorola v Microsoft. Has appeared as a solicitor advocate in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and CJEU.