Milly Wickson

Solicitor, Bristows

Milly joined Bristows as a trainee solicitor in August 2019. She completed training in September 2021 and qualified into the patent litigation team.

Milly has experience working across both the life sciences and technology sectors. Recent work includes UK litigation of telecommunications patents, supporting oppositions at the European Patent Office and giving freedom to operate advice.

During her training, Milly also worked in the brands, designs and copyright team, and was involved in UK trade mark litigation. Milly also has commercial experience and spent three months on secondment to a leading pharmaceuticals company.

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The experimental use and Bolar-type exemptions to patent infringement

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the two principal research exemptions to patent infringement available under UK law, namely, the general experimental use exemption (sometime referred to as the experimental use defence) and the specific ‘Bolar-type’ exemption. It discusses what is required in order to benefit from these exceptions to infringement under section 60(5) and (6) of the Patents Act 1977 (PA 1977) and practical considerations, eg how to deal with suppliers in contracts and research tools. This Practice Note also discusses the supplementary protection certificate (SPC) manufacturing waiver which provides an exception to infringement of SPCs.

Life Sciences