Our Experience


Allergan (Botox)
Advising and acting in the UK in relation to third party misuse of BOTOX brand

GSK
Acting for GSK in multi-jurisdictional multiple patent actions and EPO opposition proceedings concerning polysaccharide conjugate vaccines

Obtaining summary judgment in the UK in a trade mark infringement and passing-off claim, and application for declaration of invalidity

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health (Intervet)
Acting for Intervet in an appeal against the decision in its successful revocation action before the UK Courts, concerning a patent relating to animal vaccines, diagnostics and associated molecular biology

Medeva (subsidiary of UCB)
Acting in a reference from the UK Court of Appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Community on interpretation of the EC Regulation on Supplementary Protection Certificates for medicinal products

Merck
Acting for Merck in UK litigation in relation to Merck’s patent for a glaucoma treatment

Protherics Molecular Design Ltd (a Plc Company)
Acting in opposition proceedings in the EPO relating to a patent for adjuvant formulations used in vaccines

Regulatory advice in China
Providing regulatory advice to numerous multi-national pharmaceutical companies in relation to clinical trial regulations and the registration, import and sale of prescription and non-prescription drugs in China

‘Well-known’ mark status and certification mark registration for OTC brand in China
Securing ‘well-known’ status and certification mark registration of a famous OTC brand in China

Patent due diligence in China
Conducting a patent due diligence exercise on a potential Shanghai biotech acquisition target for a major German drug client in relation to HIV and hepatitis-C detection kits

Multi-jurisdictional pharmaceutical parallel-import litigation
Acting in major pharmaceutical parallel-import litigation in the UK, the EU and Hong Kong

Worldwide investigation into counterfeit drugs
Conducting a worldwide investigation into the counterfeiting of an erectile dysfunction drug and subsequent patent enforcement action by way of local administrative authorities and the local courts in China

Advice on global branding strategy
Advising a leading cancer research hospital and university in the UK on global branding strategy