Intellectual Property Lawyer- Patent Litigation in Kennington

Intellectual Property Lawyer- Patent LitigationExcellent new position of an Intellectual Property lawyer to join a highly ranking IP team to specifically focus on Patent Litigation working as part of a UK team as well a wider European IP team. The focus of the role is business critical patent litigation and related patent advisory work.The role will be based in London and hybrid-working is on offer. Role Overview:This is an opportunity to work with one of the largest IP teams in the UK advising a wide range of life sciences, blue chip technology, manufacturing, and retail companies on business critical IP litigation, as well as all aspects of the exploitation and enforcement of their intellectual property rights. The Intellectual property contentious team is involved in precedent setting actions before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and CJEU in both hard and soft IP. They have been involved in 3 cases before the Supreme Court as well as references to the CJEU and are developing a strong pan-EU offering in respect of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The contentious and non-contentious intellectual property work is done in a standalone, unitary IP team which services its own clients as well as those of the wider firm. The work includes advising clients on freedom to operate, strategic business critical litigation, managing their intellectual property and optimising their returns and investment. It also includes advising on potential collaborations with third parties and on the IP aspects of the sale or purchase of businesses. A substantial number of the team have science backgrounds in a wide range of disciplines. Coupled with legal expertise, this puts the team as one of the leaders in handling challenging IP disputes. In addition, the team has extensive experience of specialist sectors such as life sciences, energy, AI, retail, ICT, financial services and automotive to list but a few.Many of the matters which the team handles include an international element and there is a considerable knowledge base within the team concerning practices and the variety of ways disputes are handled in other jurisdictions, as well as regular opportunities to collaborate with IP colleagues across Pinsent Masons' international offices. Such knowledge is essential where cross-border factors are involved or forum shopping is an issue.A number of the IP team also have expertise in the high tech space and we have been retained by clients such as Fujitsu, World