Tom Mitcheson Kc
Barrister @Three New Square Intellectual Property
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WORK HISTORY
Barrister @Three New Square Intellectual Property
Called to the Bar 1996Silk 2014AppointmentsStanding Counsel to the Comptroller General for Patents Designs and Trade Marks 20••••14Recent and Notable Cases include:• Lilly v Genentech (patents for IL-17 antibody)• Actavis v Icos (test for obviousness of patents for tadalafil/Cialis, SC)• Warner-Lambert v Actavis (Pfizer’s Lyrica (pregabalin) product, SC)• Actavis Group v Eli Lilly (infringement by equivalents, pemetrexed/Alimta, SC)• Teva v Gilead (reference to CJEU on interpretation of Article 3(a) SPC Regulation)• Cadbury v Nestlé (shape mark for four finger KitKat, CA, General Court & CJEU)• GSK v Wyeth (patent concerning GSK’s Bexsero vaccine for meningitis B)• Servier v Apotex (defence of illegality, SC)• Hospira v Genentech (patents covering trastuzumab/Herceptin, CA)• Cosmetic Warriors (Lush) v Amazon (trade mark, adwords, search engine)• Astra Zeneca v Krka (pharmaceutical patent, damages enquiry)• Schütz v Werit 2 All E.R. 177 (mechanical patent, meaning of making, SC)• Eli Lilly v HGS (industrial applicability, Supreme Court and SPC, CJEU)• Lantana Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents (patentability)• Case C-274/11 Spain v Council, CJEU (enhanced cooperation, Unitary Patent) for UK Government• Case T 0612/09 EPO TBA Board 3.3.04 (added matter) for Opponent • International Stem Cells Corporation (patentability, reference to CJEU in relation to parthenotes) for Comptroller/UK Government• Eli Lilly & Co v Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy (antibody for Alzheimer’s disease)• Case T 0230/08 EPO TBA Board 3.3.04 (antibody patent) for Opponent, Merck Serono• Case C-414/11 Daiichi Sankyo (CJ, effect of TRIPs)• Bayer v Genentech (patent for antagonists of VEGF)• Eli Lilly v HGS (industrial applicability, Supreme Court)• MedImmune v Novartis (biotechnology patent)• Medeva\'s Patents [2010] RPC 27 (SPC, CA & CJ Reference)
EDUCATION
University of Cambridge
MA First Class Hons
City University
Diploma
ABOUT TOM MITCHESON KC
All types of contentious intellectual property work including patents, trademarks, copyright, design right, registered designs, passing off and confidential information.Specialties: Pharmaceutical patent work
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