England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
EIP
An ‘extremely capable and insightful team’, EIP is noted for its expertise in the sphere of FRAND litigation, with a significant success rate in the courts. ’Totemic leader’ Gary Moss spearheads the practice, overseeing major litigation such as the recent win at the Supreme Court for Conversant and Unwired Planet in the Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant Wireless v Huawei cases. Andrew Sharples routinely represents clients in FRAND trials, and ‘highly recommended’ Robert Lundie Smith’s capabilities also extends to various issues such as litigating on medical devices and user interfaces. Kathleen Fox Murphy enjoys a strong practice in multi-jurisdictional litigation coordination, interim injunctions, infringement and validity litigation.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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‘EIP have a broad and very experienced telecoms and technology team, which has run many of the leading cases in this field and virtually invented FRAND litigation in the UK.’
‘Gary Moss is a totemic leader, with enormous insight and experience in the TMT area. He has unrivalled experience, a highly commercial mind, and a tremendous strategic instinct.'
- 'Robert Lundie-Smith is an excellent litigator, running a calm and measured ship even under the heaviest of pressure, with an excellent grasp of both detail and the wider strategic context.’
‘They are a solid operator in their particular niche.'
‘Robert Lundie-Smith is highly recommended. He is very hard-working, conscientious, and has a real understanding of the technical, legal and strategic aspects of the cases he is working on.'
‘EIP has an extremely capable and insightful team of lawyers and patent attorneys which generate real synergy as a result of their combined practice and insight into complex patent actions.'
'The legal expertise of their solicitors and the technical insight of their patent attorneys bring real strength to their offering and work on challenging litigation.’
- 'Alex Morgan is tremendously effective in the detailed analysis and consideration of case management he brings to patent litigation.'
Key clients
- Amgen
- Optis
- Solas OLED Ltd.
- Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (“IP Bridge”)
- EnOcean
- Unwired Planet International Limited
- ThroughPuter Inc.
Work highlights
- Representing Optis and Unwired Planet before the High Court and Court of Appeal in their long-running and ongoing dispute with Apple regarding the licensing of their patent portfolio. The dispute involves several technical and non-technical trials encompassing issues such as the validity, infringement, and essentiality of patents and FRAND licensing.
- Representing Solas OLED before the Patents Court as part of in its multi-jurisdictional patent dispute with Samsung involving OLED display technology.
- Representing ThroughPuter before the Patents Court against Microsoft.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gary Moss