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Tom Jones

CALL: 2013 (England & Wales 2013, Ireland 2021*)
Tom Jones
Tom has a broad and busy intellectual property practice. His experience covers the breadth of intellectual property law including patents, trade marks, passing off, design rights, copyright and confidential information. Tom has particular experience in FRAND licensing, jurisdiction disputes and telecoms and pharmaceutical patent work.

 

 

  • Experience

    Patents

    Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs and Confidential Information

    • Rothys v Geisswein [2020] EWHC 3391 (IPEC): trial concerning the design of knitted shoes.
    • Sazerac v Liverpool Gin Distillery [2020] EWHC 2424 (Ch): trial concerning the trade mark EAGLE RARE for alcoholic beverages.
    • Halewood International v Vera Lynn 0-766-19: registry proceedings concerning the trade mark VERA LYNN for alcoholic beverages.
    • Burgerista GmbH v UK Prosper Limited [2018] EWHC 35 (IPEC): trial concerning the trade mark BURGERISTA for restaurants.
    • Absolute Lofts v Artisan Home Improvements [2015] EWHC 2608: trial concerning copyright in photographs of loft conversions.

    Jurisdiction

    • MediaTek v Huawei [2025] EWHC 649 (Pat): challenge to the UK court’s jurisdiction to hear a FRAND dispute. The first case to consider FRAND licensing at the chip level.
    • Playtech v Realtime [2024] EWHC 3264 (Ch): challenge to the UK court’s jurisdiction to hear a claim for breach of confidence / misuse of trade secrets.
    • Kigen v Thales [2022] EWHC 2846 (Pat): challenge to the UK Court’s jurisdiction to hear a FRAND dispute. The first case to consider an implementer’s claim for a FRAND valuation.
    • Nokia v Oppo [2021] EWHC 2952 (Pat): challenge to the UK court’s jurisdiction to hear a FRAND dispute. The first case to consider the relevance of parallel FRAND determinations in other jurisdictions.
    • Pan Optis v Apple [2019] EWHC 3538 (Pat): challenge to the UK Court’s jurisdiction to hear a FRAND dispute.
    • Conversant Wireless v Huawei & ZTE[2018] EWHC 808 (Pat); [2019] EWCA Civ 38; [2020] UKSC 37: challenge to the UK court’s jurisdiction to hear a FRAND dispute.

    FRAND and Other Remedies

    • Unwired Planet v Huawei (FRAND valuation)[2017] EWHC 1304 (Pat); [2018] EWCA Civ 2344; [2020] UKSC 37; InterDigital v Lenovo (FRAND valuation) [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat); [2024] EWCA Civ 743; Optis v Apple (FRAND valuation) [2023] EWHC 1095 (Ch); [2025] EWCA Civ 552: Tom has been instructed in all of the FRAND valuations that have proceeded to judgment, including at all levels of appeal, as well as numerous other FRAND valuations cases that have settles before judgment.
    • Optis v Apple (Confidentiality) [2025] EWCA Civ 1263: appeal concerning the confidentiality of licence terms and valuation in formation of third parties in FRAND disputes.
    • Nokia v Oppo (HOTEOTU) [2023] EWHC 1912 (Pat): trial concerning the effect on UK proceedings of undertaking given by an implementer to enter into a FRAND licence determined in China.
    • Unwired Planet v Huawei(ASI) [2017] EWHC 2831 (Pat): an application for an anti-suit injunction to halt parallel proceedings in China.
    • Actavis v Lilly (PI) [2017] EWHC 2880 (Pat): an application for an interim injunction pending renewed appeal to the Supreme Court.
  • Education & awards

    BSc (1st Hons); ARCS: Microbiology, Imperial College.

  • Professional memberships
    • IP Bar Association
    • Chancery Bar Association
  • Irish qualifications and UPC Representation

    Tom has been called to the Irish Bar and is on the Roll of Practising Barristers. Please contact one of the clerks to discuss how we may assist with European work.

  • Publications

    Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria: The Modern Law of Copyright (5th ed, 2018)

    Contributing author to the leading practitioner text concerning all aspect of UK copyright law.

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