UPC Series: Infringement and Validity Opinions in the UPC Era

Leythem Wall, Oxon IP

Leythem Wall is a European and UK patent attorney and litigator specialising in EPO Oppositions and Appeals. Prior to founding Oxon IP, he was a Partner in major European and U.S. IP law firms, and before then in-house patent counsel for ExxonMobil and AkzoNobel.

Leythem is a member of the CIPA Litigation and International Liaison Committees, the EQE Committee (Opposition Paper C), and is President of the European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT) which promotes European patent attorney representation before the UPC.

He holds the postgraduate certificate in IP Litigation and Advocacy from Nottingham Law School, and the Diploma in Patent Litigation in Europe from CEIPI, University of Strasbourg.

Richard Davis, Hogarth Chambers

Richard has over 20 years’ experience litigating before the English Patent Court as well as oppositions and appeals before the EPO and is equally familiar with both jurisdictions.

Before commencing practice at the Bar, Richard qualified as a European Patent Attorney and this dual qualification has resulted in him appearing frequently before the European Patent Office and giving him representation rights before the UPC.

Richard’s practice encompasses a diverse range of technologies. He has particular expertise in the electronics / telecommunications sector having advised many of the major players in the field such as LG Electronics, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and Symbian. Although by training an electrical engineer, he is active in the pharmaceutical sector and acted for the Secretary of State for Health in the ground breaking second medical indication litigation concerning pregabalin.

Richard lectures and tutors regularly on IPRs to patent and trade mark attorneys and solicitors. He has tutored at Nottingham Law School on its LLM in Advanced IP litigation and been a visiting lecturer of CEIPI on the European patent litigation diploma. Richard is now one of the two General Editors of the CIPA Guide to the Patents Acts (the Black Book).

It was recently announced that he will be appointed King’s Counsel (silk) in early 2023.