Practice areas - IP & patent litigation - More information
From turbochargers to telephone systems and from microprocessors to life-saving pharmaceuticals, our lawyers understand how to exploit the whole range of IP rights through litigation, alternative dispute resolution and commercial agreements.The majority of Bristows IP lawyers have scientific and technology backgrounds, including physics, chemistry, biotechnology, electronics, engineering and material sciences. Whatever the technology on which a client has built its business, Bristows will have someone with relevant background and experience. We have advised not only on many of the most complex patent disputes, but also on all manner of other IP conflicts in every technological arena.
Recent IP disputes have included mobile phones, aerospace, game show formats, genetically engineered and conventional pharmaceuticals, computers, famous brands, oil field equipment, medical equipment, GPS, biometric ID's, power generation, automotive, computer games, not to mention a full range of anti-counterfeiting work.
We are well-equipped to advise on the international aspects of IP disputes. As well as representing clients before the specialist and higher courts in the UK, we regularly appear before the European Patent Office and coordinate international cases, working with and often supervising local lawyers in jurisdictions worldwide. There are few major IP firms around the world with whom we have not worked.