Sam Harvey
Sam obtained a master’s degree in physics from the University of Manchester in 2016. His final year project focused on using fractals to model the growth of cities. After completing his legal studies and training contract, Sam qualified into Bristows’ patent litigation team in September 2020.
A background in physics has complemented Sam’s work on a broad range of litigation across the technology sector, including cases on wind turbines, standard-essential technologies (such as wireless charging and mobile communication standards), fibre-optic cables and software-as-a-service offerings. He has also been involved in UK litigation over FRAND licence terms.
Sam has spent time on secondment to a Japanese SEP-holder where he assisted with co-ordinating global SEP litigation strategy and negotiating with potential licensees.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2020
Experience
- Bristows LLP (2018 - Present)
- Japanese Technology Company (secondment) (2023 - 2024)
Qualifications
- Physics (MPhys) (2016)
- Graduate Diploma in Law (2017)
- Legal Practice Course (2018)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice (PGDip) (2021)
Education
- University of Manchester (2012 – 2016)
- BBP University (2016 – 2018)
- University of Oxford (2020 – 2021)
1 Contributions by Sam Harvey
PRACTICE NOTES
SEPs and FRAND before the English Courts: global licences, rate-setting, injunctions, interim licence declarations and jurisdiction after Unwired Planet, InterDigital v Lenovo and Optis v Apple
This Practice Note
This Practice Note examines how standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing feature in patent disputes before the Courts of England and Wales (the English Courts). It focuses, in particular, on the legal position following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling of 26 August 2020 in the combined Unwired Planet and Conversant appeals, and the practical consequences of that decision. For further information, see News Analysis: Supreme Court—English courts can determine terms of global licences for portfolios of standard essential patents (Unwired Planet v Huawei).
Since then, two further significant rulings on FRAND rates have been issued in England and Wales and have been the subject of appeal judgments, as noted below:
First, judgment was handed down on 16 March 2023 in the dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo following a High Court FRAND trial in January 2022. It offered additional guidance on several of the issues considered in Unwired Planet. The appeal judgment in InterDigital v Lenovo was handed down on 12 July 2024.
Second, the High Court handed down a judgment on FRAND rates (in redacted form) on 7 June 2023 (judgment dated 10 May 2023) in the dispute between Optis Cellular Technology and Apple...
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