Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue 04/22/2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
JAMS
Please join SFIPLA for this informative and resourceful presentation.
Discussion topics will include:
- Making European litigation bite as part of an international patent dispute
- Venue selection: within the UPC and alongside or alternative to national courts
- Preparing for success in the UPC: timelines, procedure games and tips and tricks
SPEAKERS
Chris de Mauny, Partner, Bird & Bird
Chris de Mauny is a patent litigation specialist based in San Francisco. He advises clients from a range of industries including tech, life sciences and sustainable technologies. He is licensed to practice law in England & Wales and registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant with the State Bar of California.
Chris advises on all forms of intellectual property litigation, principally patent litigation. In 2018 he was identified as a ‘rising star’ for patent litigation by Managing Intellectual Property and again in 2019. In 2019 he was referred to as a ‘key lawyer’ within Bird & Bird’s London patent litigation team by Legal 500. In 2020, he was recognized as a ‘Rising Star’ for patents by Expert Guides, a peer-nominated international guide to lawyers, Legal 500 and MIP. Since becoming a partner in 2021, Chris has been ranked or recommended by IAM, MIP and Legal 500.
In April 2024, Chris relocated to San Francisco to co-head Bird & Bird’s office which brings our European and Asia-Pac expertise to US soil. Bird & Bird does not – and Chris does not – provide legal advice on Californian or any other US law.
Chris has represented a range of clients from multinational corporations to individual traders in disputes involving patents, trademarks and passing off, design rights, copyright, and rights in confidential and/or private information. His recent work has focused primarily on patent litigation in the life sciences, electronics and sustainable technologies.
Chris is a member of EPLAW, the UK’s IP Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and AIPPI.
Morag Macdonald, Partner, Bird & Bird
Morag Macdonald is regularly named as a leader in the IP litigation field. Her particular interests are all forms of IP dispute and strategic advice, especially as regards cross border patent litigation.
Reported UK IP trials in which she has been involved include Mentor -v- Hollister, Research Corporation’s SPC, Reckitt & Coleman -v- Richardson Vicks, Cartonneries de Thulin -v- White Knight, Stolt Comex Seaway ats Coflexip, Freelift -v- Stannah, Synthon -v- SKB, Associated Newspapers -v- Express Newspapers, Sir Robert McAlpine -v- Alfred McAlpine, Allergan -v- Merz Pharma, Baxter Healthcare -v- Abbott Laboratories, European Central Bank -v- DSS, Edwards Lifesciences -v- Corevalve, Kuros Biosurgery AG -v- Baxter Healthcare, Edwards Lifesciences -v- Cook, Schlumberger Holdings Limited –v- Electromagnetic Geoservices AS, Danisco A/S -v- Novozymes A/S, Smith & Nephew Plc -v- Convatec Technologies Inc, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd -v- Air Canada, Velocys Inc v CompactGTL Ltd, Electromagnetic Geoservices AS -v- Petroleum Geoservices, Sarepta -v- Biomarin, Silence -v- The Medicines Company et al, ResMed -v- Fisher & Paykel, Abbott -v- Dexcom and BioNTech/Pfizer -v- Curevac.
Morag has been involved in litigation before the UPC since it started in June 2023 and is a UPC representative. In particular she has been involved with various cases on behalf of Dexcom against Abbott including the first witness hearing in the UPC which occurred in the Nordic regional division at the end of 2024.
Morag joined Bird & Bird’s Intellectual Property Group in 1985 having originally trained as a barrister and became a partner of the firm in 1989. Her original degree, from Cambridge University, was in Mathematics, Physics and Law.
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm
Place: JAMS, Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500, SF, CA 94111
Price and Registration:
| Ticket Type | Price (Before Ticketing Fees) |
|---|---|
| In-house counsel | Free |
| Members | Free |
| Non-Member | $40 |
| Non-Member Student | $15 |
Sponsor:
Thank you to our sponsor, JAMS, for hosting this meeting.
The San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association is an approved provider of California MCLE credit, and certifies that the above activity meets the requirements for one hour of participatory credit.
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