Emma Irwin

Solicitor, Bristows

Emma joined Bristows as a trainee solicitor in August 2016. During her training, Emma spent three months on secondment at a multinational digital entertainment company, where she gained valuable intellectual property, commercial contract and digital licensing experience.

Emma works as part of a large team at Bristows who are responsible for a global product co-ordination project, in which she manages IP litigation in a range of jurisdictions. She regularly works alongside lawyers and patent attorneys in other jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

In addition to this project, Emma has significant experience of coordinating international patent litigation for a number of clients. Most recently, Emma was part of the team who successfully brought a clearing the way action at the UK High Court for a large pharmaceuticals company. The team remains heavily involved in managing the parallel litigations around the world, allowing Emma the opportunity to further assist clients to ensure a consistent and cost-effective approach is taken.

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Particulars of Claim—patent infringement and FRAND claim

Precedents

This is a Precedent Particulars of Claim for use in relation to a claim for infringement of patents relating to technology said to be essential to an industry standard (standard essential patents (SEPs)) and as a consequence of said infringement, a claim for a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licence determination. The Particulars of Claim must set out briefly the acts the patent owner complains about and what relief it wants the court to order. The Particulars of Claim must be served with or soon after the claim. The claimant must serve as part of, or with, its Particulars of Claim, Particulars of Infringement showing which of the claims of the SEP are alleged to be infringed and setting out at least one instance of each type of infringement alleged.

Particulars of Claim—patent infringement claim

Precedents

This is a Precedent Particulars of Claim for use in relation to a claim for patent infringement. The Particulars of Claim must set out briefly the acts the patent owner complains about and what relief it wants the court to order. The Particulars of Claim must be served with or soon after the claim. The claimant must serve as part of, or with, its Particulars of Claim, Particulars of Infringement showing which of the claims of the patent are alleged to be infringed and setting out at least one instance of each type of infringement alleged.

Particulars of Infringement—patent infringement claim

Precedents

This is a Precedent Particulars of Infringement to accompany the Particulars of Claim for a patent infringement claim. The Particulars of Infringement must state which of the patent claims are alleged to have been infringed and must provide details of at least one example of each type of commercial act of infringement alleged to have occurred in the UK.