Brian Cordery
Partner

Brian has more than 20 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. He is the co-editor of the Kluwer Patent Blog.
In 2018 and 2019, Brian was chosen by Who’s Who Legal as the Life Sciences Patent Litigation lawyer of the year and the Patents lawyer of the year.
What others say
Recommended For
Intellectual Property and Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Chambers and Partners 2020/2019/2018
Best Lawyers™ in the United Kingdom for Intellectual Property Law and Life Sciences Law
2020/2019/2018
Intellectual Property (leading individual)
Legal 500 2020/2019/2018
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
Legal 500 2020/2019/2018
Patent Litigation, Trade Mark Litigation
Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars 2019/2018
Patents, Litigation and Life Sciences, Patent Litigation
Who’s Who Legal 2019/2018
Life Sciences
Who’s Who Legal 2019
Patents
Who’s Who Legal Thought Leader 2019/2018
Patent Litigation
IAM Patent 1000 2018
Leading Partner: Patent Litigation
UK Best Law Firms, Leaders League 2018
WIPR Leaders
2018