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Patent Litigation

Waterfront Law is a London-based IP disputes practice with substantial experience of patent litigation and related advisory work.

Our areas of expertise include:

  • Patent infringement and revocation proceedings, with a particular focus on claims in the English Patents Court and IPEC.
  • Advising on validity, entitlement, infringement, claim construction and litigation strategy.
  • Drafting patent assignments, licences and settlement arrangements arising from disputes.
  • Assisting with English court procedures connected with overseas patent litigation, including Hague Convention Letters of Request.
  • Acting for clients on UK Patent Office procedures, including non-binding decisions on infringement and validity, as well as entitlement disputes.

We work in a broad range of sectors, but have particular experience of dealing with engineering, electrical, internet, software, consumer product and agrochemical related patent disputes.

We often act for SMEs and owner-managed businesses facing larger well-resourced opponents, where achieving a practical outcome and costs control are often as important as the pleaded merits.

We do not generally offer patent drafting or prosecution services, but we coordinate with patent attorneys when those services are needed.

Our Specialist Patent Litigation Team:

Examples of our patent work include:

  • Acting for a UK sports equipment manufacturer in IPEC patent infringement proceedings concerning height-adjustable football goal technology.
  • Acting in software patent proceedings in the Patents Court concerning online queuing technology, in a case involving complex infringement, validity, construction, security for costs, and settlement issues.
  • Advising a cybersecurity training platform on patent claims asserted by a US entity in relation to online vulnerability-training systems.
  • Acting for an Indian agrochemical producer in High Court patent litigation, in the context of a broader multi-jurisdictional dispute.
  • Acting for the claimant in IPEC patent infringement claims concerning hydroponic equipment in the horticultural industry.
  • Acting in and advising on numerous unjustified patent threats disputes, including in the haircare, sporting goods and consumer electronics sectors.
  • Advising in a potential patent dispute concerning industrial carbonation equipment.
  • Advising on patent entitlement, invalidity and related design issues in an engineering dispute concerning a rail welding device.
  • Defending various patent infringement claims in the consumer goods sector, including claims brought against a large UK importer of toys and a substantial Patents Court case involving inkjet cartridge products.
  • Assisting with English court evidence orders and Hague Convention Letters of Request in support of overseas patent litigation, including acting for a witness summoned under English court orders in support of multi-million dollar US telecoms patent litigation.
  • Acting for a client on a patent entitlement dispute relating to patent for a method of synthesis, formulation and use of 5-MeO-DMT benzoate.
  • Acting for a client in relation to a UK Patent Office non-binding opinion sought by the opposing party concerning infringement and validity issues relating to a patent for a method of electrically controlling window blinds.
  • Defending a client in IPEC proceedings in respect of a patent for a method of applying a resin formula as a way of binding aggregate material. Acting for the client in relation to a counterclaim for invalidity in relation to the same patent.

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