Geoffrey Pritchard
Called to the Bar 1998
Practice Area
All areas of Intellectual Property; Patents Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks, Breach of Confidence, Franchising, and E.C. Intellectual Property related matters.
Education
Pupillage at Three New Square sitting with Colin Birss and Denise McFarland.
Inns of Court School of Law (1998)
Diploma in Law (distinction) (1997)
Queen Mother Scholar of the Middle Temple (1998)
Levy Prize for Industrial Property (1998)
PhD Cambridge University, Theoretical Geophysics
Shell Scholar in Geophysics (1992) (Cambridge University)
Smith Prize for Mathematics (1993) (Cambridge University)
University of Bristol, first class honours in Physics (1992)
Leicester Grammar School (1982-1989)
Recent Cases
Patents
• Nokia Corporation v InterDigital Technology [2006] EWHC 802 (telecommunications)
• E-Data Corp v Getty Images Inc [2005] EWHC 1527 (internet downloading)
• SKB v. Apotex (No.3) [2005] FSR 44 (recovery under a cross undertaking)
• SKB v. Apotex (No.2) [2005] FSR 24 (costs)
• SKB v Apotex (No. 1) [2003] RPC 49 (biotechnology)
• BASF v SKB [2002] EWHC 1371 (CH); (biotechnology)
• Vericore & Vetrapharm [2003] EWHC 1877 (Ch) (veterinary pharmaceutical)
• Oxford Gene v Affymetrix (No. 2) (CA) [2001] RPC 310 (biotechnology)
• Sara Lee v Johnson Wax (CA) [2001] EWCA Civ 1609 (mechanical)
• Tickner & Honda [2002] EWHC 8 (mechanical)
Trade Marks & Passing Off
• Boehringer Ingelheim KG v Swingward Ltd [2004] 3 C.M.L.R. 4 (ECJ reference)
• Procter & Gamble v Wisdom (CA) [2001] EWCA Civ 1609 (trade mark infringement)
• HFC -v- HSBC [2000] FSR 176 (passing-off)
• Rolex v various defendants (counterfeit goods);
• Jaguar Cars v various defendants (cyber squatting)
• Regular appearances in front of the appointed person and trade mark registry
Copyright/Confidential Information
• Audi v Revo Technik [2003] EWHC 1668 (Ch) (interim injunction).
• Guild v. Eskandar Limited [2001] F.S.R. 38 (copyright in garments)
Personal
Keen pianist and hill walker
Professional membership
Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association.
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