Alex Mocanu

Solicitor, Bristows

Alex advises on a wide range of patent litigation matters across the life sciences, technology and engineering sectors. He has experience in UK litigation, cross-border dispute coordination and complex patent disputes involving a variety of technical fields.

His recent experience includes coordinating international pharmaceutical patent litigation, defending entitlement challenges in the biotechnology sector, acting in FRAND and standard-essential patent disputes in the telecommunications field, and representing clients in engineering-related patent revocation proceedings.

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Standard essential patents and FRAND licensing

Practice Notes

This Practice Note addresses the role played by standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing in patent litigation before the Courts of England and Wales (the English Courts). In particular, this Practice Note considers the legal landscape following the UK Supreme Court decision handed down on 26 August 2020 in the conjoined Unwired Planet and Conversant appeals and the practical implications of this decision.