Chris Thornham

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.

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职业发展

Since 2011	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2011	Lawyer, London law firm
2002	Working in the US, gaining patent practice

1996 - 2005	Associate, Taylor Wessing
1993 - 1995	Trainee Solictor, Taylor Wessing

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教育

1996	Diploma, IP Law
1996	Admitted to the Bar, England and Wales
1993	Called to the Bar, England and Wales

1992	Law Common Professional Examination
1991	Degree, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

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Publications

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

会员资格和附属关系

AIPPI, UK
CIPA, Associate Member, Advisory Board of Informa's Intellectual Property Magazine

语言

English

Experience

Acting on a multi-million pound arbitration claim

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.

奖励

Legal 500 UK 2022	IP - contentious and non-contentious
Who's Who Legal 2019	Leading individual: Patents
Chambers UK 2018	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."