Tom Taylor
Managing Associate
Europe
London
Tom is an intellectual property lawyer who advises clients on a wide range of IP matters. Tom focusses primarily on patent litigation and specialises in the high tech, engineering, electronics, TMT, and software sectors.
Tom is well experienced in advising clients across the IP spectrum and has recent experience in patent, copyright, and trade mark disputes. He is also experienced in life sciences patents and SPC related issues. He has experience of litigation in the Court of Appeal, the High Court, and IPEC.
Tom graduated from Imperial College London in 2009 with a first class MSci in Physics with Theoretical Physics. He then trained and qualified as a Solicitor at a magic circle firm before joining Marks & Clerk Law in November 2016.
Key Cases
- Manthorpe v Alumasc
- Add2 v dSPACE
- Genentech v the Comptroller General of Patents (High Court and Court of Appeal)
- Takeda v Roche
Languages
- English
Specialist in
Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Oxford (2019)
Qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales (2015)
Accelerated Legal Practice Course, BPP London (2013)
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP London (2012)
MSci Physics with Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London (2009)
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Latest articles by Tom Taylor
Optis v Apple: FRAND judgment
On 10 May 2023, Mr Justice Smith handed down the FRAND judgment in Optis v Apple [2023] EWHC 1095 (Ch). The judgment relates to “Trial E” - the “FRAND” trial and follows technical trials A-D concerned with questions of validity and/or essentiality in respect of certain patents.
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InterDigital v Lenovo: The latest FRAND judgment
On 16 March 2023, Mr Justice Mellor handed down the latest FRAND judgment: InterDigital v Lenovo. The case concerned a dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo as to the terms on which Lenovo should take a licence to InterDigital’s portfolio of patents which had been declared essential to the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) Standards.
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Commscope v SOLiD - No jurisdiction to decide an amendment application where validity of the patent is not in issue
CommScope v SOLiD: Court does not have the jurisdiction to allow an amendment application where case in relation to the would-be amended patent is settled.
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