Patent star
Chris is an award-winning lawyer specialising in patents and technical disputes. He works with clients across the life sciences, engineering, and telecoms sectors.
He advises clients on freedom to operate, product launch, patent litigation, and licensing strategies including FRAND licence disputes. He's acted in over 20 English patent trials and appeals, as well as numerous arbitration cases.
Chris advises on strategy and the coordination of multi-jurisdictional patent advice and litigation. He helps clients win infringement/validity disputes and to navigate through the remedies and relief available including interim and final injunctions, financial compensation claims, destruction of infringing products, modification of products, court declarations, publicity orders and costs awards.
Chris has a strong background in natural sciences and multi-jurisdictional patent disputes. Before practising law, Chris graduated with a degree in natural sciences, specialising in experimental physics. In his early career, he also gained experience working in Washington DC and California.
He speaks and writes regularly on patent issues.
Chris is a regular invited speaker and author on patent issues
Chris is a contributory author of the book Global Patent Litigation, How and Where to Win, 2nd edition, ISBN978-1-61746-643-4
Patent star
IP - contentious and non-contentious
Leading individual: Patents
Leading individual - Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (Band 4): Christopher Thornham is a go-to for multi-jurisdictional patent litigation concerning electronics, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications technology. A client says: "He analyses things in great detail and gets to the bottom of the issue."
A medical research organisation in a multi-million pound arbitration claim against a Japanese pharmaceutical company, seeking royalties due on the sales of a blockbuster drug resulting from an R&D collaboration between the parties.
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Episode 1: The impact of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on national patent litigation
In the first episode of Patent Perspectives, Paul England sits down with leaders from our patents group to discuss the impact of the UPC on Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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1 of 3 Podcasts
First Decision of the UPC on FRAND Defense and FRAND Counterclaim in Panasonic v. Oppo: Setting New Standards in SEP Litigation?
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by Julia Siedhoff and Dr. Hendrik Boss
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by Dr. Axel Frhr. von dem Bussche, LL.M. (L.S.E.), CIPP/E and Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils
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by Jason Rawkins and Simon Jupp
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