Brian Cordery
Partner

Brian specialises in intellectual property dispute resolution with a focus on patent litigation in the life sciences sector. Brian has more than 25 years’ experience of litigating patents for successful pharmaceutical products – predominantly for originators. He has also handled patent cases for other sectors including electronics and consumer goods.
Brian is presently engaged in several projects relating to the global defence of the intellectual property for some of the world’s best–selling pharmaceutical products. This involves the co–ordination of legal teams across the world to ensure that the optimal strategy is pursued at both global and local levels. He is also involved in several intellectual property cases in the English Courts across a broad range of industry sectors. Brian’s practice includes resolving disputes relating to biological medicines as well as small molecule drugs in disease areas including oncology, respiratory, and immunology.
Brian is the co–author of an annual review of UK patent cases which is published annually in the CIPA Journal. He also teaches patent law on the Oxford University Diploma on Intellectual Property Law and Practice and is a member of the Exam Board of this Diploma. He is the co-editor of the Kluwer Patent Blog.
In 2022, Brian was named Patents Lawyer of the year, for the third time, by Who’s Who Legal as well as their Life Sciences Patent Litigation Lawyer of the year in 2018 and 2019.

Patent Review of the Year
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