JUVE Patent has published the new JUVE Patent UK rankings 2022 where the London IP group retained its impressive Band 2 ranking for patent litigation. Sebastian Moore and Sophie Rich are among only 16 individuals recommended in the JUVE Patent UK Individual rankings 2022.
JUVE highlighted the team's impressive client roster and recent litigation involving originator pharmaceutical companies and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs), their growth and new client wins in the technology and telecoms sector, and seamless cross-border coordination across the European region.
JUVE Patent is based in Cologne, Germany and provides daily coverage on the European patent market. Each year, JUVE Patent rankings are carefully researched by an independent team of journalists, who send out questionnaires and conduct interviews with lawyers, clients, legal academics, and judges.
JUVE Comments
"The London office of Herbert Smith Freehills continues to capitalise on excellent links to originator pharmaceutical companies, with a strong client list for work involving patent litigation and advice. What sets the highly-recommended firm apart from competitors which focus largely on drug-based pharmaceuticals is the variety of cases under the life sciences umbrella in which its partners are involved. Diagnostics are a particular strength of the firm, for example with partner Sebastian Moore leading client Ariosa Diagnostics to a settlement with opponents Illumina and Sequenom. In 2021, the team also won a new Europe-wide client in the diagnostics area. But perhaps this year’s headline is the pan-European work for long-standing client, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, which covers patents for drugs to treat cancer such as myeloma. The work, being run in parallel by the firm’s Milan outfit, showcases how the firm’s interoffice cooperation is deepening. This case also involved regulatory issues surrounding SPCs – the ability of the firm to provide advice on both UK and European regulations means Herbert Smith Freehills is perhaps one of London’s best-placed practices to advise clients in such matters."
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Italy Managing Partner, Joint Global Head of Intellectual Property, EMEA Co-Head of Life Sciences, Milan
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