Patents

11 South Square has extensive experience and expertise in all types of patent disputes, including Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs). In addition to infringement, revocation and entitlement actions in the English courts, including in the High Court, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) and appellant courts, members of chambers also act in proceedings in the UK Intellectual Property Office.

Members of chambers appear in high value, multi-jurisdictional patent actions involving complex subject matter and elements of competition law. This has included technically heavy cases concerning medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronics, telecommunications, and electrical and mechanical engineering.

All members of chambers accept patent cases in all technical fields. Some members have technical and scientific expertise in biotechnology, chemistry, physics, engineering, electronics and telecommunications. Further information on the special expertise of individual members of chambers is available from the clerks.

In addition, we offer expertise in FRAND disputes and members have appeared in many of the leading cases in recent years concerning FRAND licensing.

Some members of chambers have appeared as experts on UK patent law in other jurisdictions.