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Find the latest developments on intellectual property law and practice on our blog.

Experience

Genus plc

Advising on its collaboration/joint venture with a Chinese entity to develop and commercialise, in the PRC, gene-edited pigs, which centred on the licensing of critical IP rights and know-how

Unilever

Advising and defending before the Supreme Court against a multi-million pound claim by a former employee, for compensation in respect of inventions made during the course of his employment

Virgin/Flybe

Advising Virgin Atlantic on the acquisition of airline Flybe  by a consortia, including the licensing of the relevant rights required to enable the 'Flybe' airline to operate under the 'Virgin' brand; as well as rebranding requirements of the existing fleet

NNB (EDF)

Advising on the IP aspects of arrangements relating to the construction of the next generation of nuclear plants in the UK with the UK Government - Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant, the Sizewell C Project and the Bradwell B Project

AbbVie

Advising in a number of high value multi-jurisdictional actions concerning its blockbuster drug, Humira and its auto-injector delivery device

Gilead

Advising on global and UK proceedings in multiple patent actions against Idenix relating to its revolutionary Hepatitis C treatment, sofosbuvir

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Rebekah Gay

Partner and Joint Global Head of Intellectual Property, Sydney

Rebekah Gay
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Laura Orlando

Italy Managing Partner, Joint Global Head of Intellectual Property, EMEA Co-Head of Life Sciences, Milan

Laura Orlando
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Sebastian Moore

Partner and Head of Intellectual Property, UK, London and Milan

Sebastian Moore
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雷鹏

合伙人,科伟史密夫斐尔, Mainland China

雷鹏
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Dr Ina vom Feld

Partner, Germany

Dr Ina vom Feld
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Sue Gilchrist

Partner and Head of Intellectual Property, Australia, Sydney

Sue Gilchrist
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Andrew Moir

Partner, Intellectual Property and Global Head of Cyber & Data Security, London

Andrew Moir
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Kristin Stammer

Executive Partner, Asia and Australia, Sydney

Kristin Stammer