As a Senior Associate in our Intellectual Property Group in London, I act on a wide range of intellectual property matters across the life sciences, media, and technology & communications sectors.
I am an experienced IP litigator, with expertise in safeguarding and enforcing a range of intellectual property assets, including both patents and copyright.
My patent litigation record in the High Court spans a number of sectors and includes advising a client in its successful defence against a claim from a competitor for infringement of three CPAP-related patents (Resmed v FPH) and, later, the same client's successful claim for infringement of a patent for ventilator circuit technology (FPH v Flexicare). I have also advised on a successful claim for infringement in a FRAND technical trial relating to UMTS (3G) functionality (InterDigital v Lenovo). More recently, I have acted in extensive, multi-trial patent proceedings relating to numerous aspects of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, encompassing electronics, systems architecture and networking, materials science, and medical device design (Dexcom v Abbott). Recent patent advisory work has encompassed a number of software-related matters: this transactional and/or pre-litigation work has involved 'traditional' and AI-assisted real-time image processing for live broadcast, and generative AI-assisted networking and database optimisation.
My recent copyright experience includes advising Stability AI on the high-profile litigation with Getty Images in relation to its 'Stable Diffusion' generative AI model. Other key copyright-related work has included assisting a major publisher in investigating potential employee infringement of the copyright in third-party-owned and business-critical publishing software: there, I assisted the business in conducting its internal investigation, including employee interviews, and developing best practices for future work.
Through two long secondments, I have advised clients on designing and implementing transformative projects for their businesses. The benefit of that experience is an insight into the competing demands that businesses and in-house counsel face, and this is reflected in my client-centric approach to delivering advice.