Education
2006-2007: 12 months pupillage completed at 3 New Square covering all areas of intellectual property law with Colin Birss, Tom Hinchliffe, Tom Mitcheson, and Denise McFarland as pupil masters.

2005-2006: Bar Vocational Course (top 5% in year), BPP Law School, London

2004-2005: Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, London.          

2001-2004: BA (First Class, Hons.) (Natural Sciences), Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Awards & Scholarships
Middle Temple: JJ Powel Prize (for finishing in top 5% on BVC),
Astbury Scholar,
Emmanuel College: Senior Scholar, 3 college prizes.

Recent Cases
Nokia Corporation v InterDigital [2007] (Patents Court, ongoing 3G mobile phone litigation, including a 3 week trial in Oct 2007, and 6 month trial scheduled for Oct 2008)

Northamptonshire Police Authority v Barron [2007] (High Court, obtained default judgment for injunctive relief in a copyright and breach of confidence case)

Example cases during pupillage
Monsanto v Cargill [2007] (Patents Court, infringement and revocation action concerning genetically modified ‘glyphosate resistance’ soymeal)

Triumph v Vickers [2007] EWHC 1376 (Pat) (Patents Court, hydraulic pump/motor units for use in aircraft, infringement, validity and amendment, proper comparison when considering allegations of added matter by amendment of a granted patent)

Actavis v Merck [2007] EWHC 1311 (Ch) (Patents Court, finasteride, treatment of male pattern baldness, second medical use claims to dosing regimens)

Boehringer Ingelheim v Vetplus [2007] EWHC 972 & [2007] EWCA Civ 583 (Court of Appeal & High Court, application for interlocutory injunction, concerned with the interplay between trademarks, comparative advertising, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence, and application of s12 HRA outside the realm of libel actions)

Research in Motion UK Limited v Visto [2007] EWHC 900 (Ch) (BlackBerry computers, abuse of process by commencement of proceedings in Italy, dismissal under Art. 28 Brussels Regulation)

Research in Motion UK Limited v Inpro Licensing SARL EWCA Civ 51 & [2006] RPC 20 (Court of Appeal & Patents Court, BlackBerry handheld computers)

Conor Medsystems v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals [2007] EWCA Civ 5 & [2006] RPC 28 (Court of Appeal & Patents Court, approach to obviousness, drug eluting cardiovascular stents)

EP 573991 (Cantor Fitzgerald) entitled “Fixed income portfolio data processor and method” (EPO Opposition Division, financial services patent)

Numerous hearings before the UK Patent Office & Trade Marks Registry.

Publications
S. Wheelwright, S. Baron-Cohen, N. Goldenfeld, J. Delaney, D. Fine, R. Smith, L. Weil and A. Wakabayashi, (2006). “Predicting Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) from the Systemizing Quotient-Revised (SQ-R) and Empathy Quotient (EQ)”, Brain Research 1079:47-56 A. Wakabayashi, S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright, N. Goldenfeld, J. Delaney, D. Fine, R. Smith and L. Weil, (2006). “Development of short forms of the Empathy Quotient (EQ-Short) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ-Short)”, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 41, Issue 5, October 2006, Pages 929-940

Professional Association Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, IP Bar Association