Antony Watson QC Simon Thorley QC Richard Miller QC Guy Burkill QC Andrew Waugh QC Denise McFarland Colin Birss QC Justin Turner Douglas Campbell Tom Mitcheson Tom Hinchliffe Geoffrey Pritchard Helyn Mensah Dominic Hughes Miles Copeland Joe Delaney
		Tom Mitcheson Called to the Bar 1996 Practice Area Tom has experience in all types of contentious intellectual property work including patents, trademarks, copyright, design right, registered designs, passing off and confidential information. He has been involved in a wide variety of interim applications and trials in the High Court and Court of Appeal (both with & without a leader). He also makes regular appearances in the UK Patent Office & Trade Marks Registry and the European Patent Office. Education: Eton College; 1990-1991 - Baring Foundation Scholarship. Spent 9 months living with Nobel Prize-winner Dr James Watson and working as a research assistant at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island, USA; Trinity College, Cambridge (1994 MA First Class Hons Natural Sciences); City University (1994 Diploma in Law CPE - Distinction). Career: Called to the Bar 1996, Inner Temple (Major Scholar). Completed pupillage at 3 New Square with Andrew Waugh, Denise MacFarland & Colin Birss. Recent Cases include: • Pozzoli v BDMO (patent action, CA) • Novartis v Ivax (patent action, CA) • GSK v Sanofi (stay of proceedings) • Ivax v Akzo (patent action – pharmaceutical formulation) • USP v LGH [2006] FSR 6 (damages inquiry in copyright action, CA) • Mayne v Debiopharm (patent action - platinum based anti-cancer drug) • Ultraframe v Eurocell [2005] RPC 7 & 36 (patent & design right, CA) • GSK v. Apotex [2003] FSR 30, [2005] FSR 44 (patent infringement, interlocutory injunction & damages inquiry on cross undertaking, CA) • Agilent v Waters (damages inquiry in patent action) • Dyson v Strutt (confidential information in employment dispute) • Schering-Plough v Norbrook [2006] FSR 18(patent infringement - veterinary product) • Mayne v Teva (patent infringement - pharmaceutical formulation) • NIC’s Licence of Right [2005] RPC 1 (design right) • Sir Robert McAlpine v Alfred McAlpine [2004] RPC 36 (passing off) • Buchanan v Alba [2004] RPC 34 (improvements clause, HL) • Rockwater v Coflexip [2004] RPC 46 (patent infringement, CA) • THQ/JAKKS v World Wildlife Fund [2004] FSR 10 (contractual dispute) • Arsenal v Reed [2003] RPC 9 & 39 (trademark - ECJ reference & CA) • Collag v. Merck [2003] FSR 13 (confidential information) • Panduit v. Band-It [2003] FSR 8 (patent infringement, CA) • Coca-Cola v. Mabe (trademark & passing off) [2002] FSR 47 • Apple Computer’s Design Application [2002] FSR 8 • 3M v Rennicks Ltd [2000] FSR 727 (stay pending EPO proceedings) • Magic Ball Trade Mark [2000] RPC 439 (non-use) • Kimberly-Clark v Procter & Gamble [2000] RPC 422 CA (patent amendment) • Norowzian v Arks [2000] FSR 363 (copyright in Guinness television advert, CA) Publications: • Wang P-C, Vancura A, Mitcheson TGM, and Kuret J (1992), “Two genes in Saccaromyces cerevisiae Encode a Membrane-Bound Form of Casein Kinase-1”, Molecular Biology of the Cell 3, 275-286 • Contributor to “Terrell on the Law of Patents” (16th edition 2006). Professional Memberships: Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; Bar European Group. Member of the committee responsible for drafting code of practice for pre-action conduct in intellectual property disputes.