Matthew Hunt
Matthew is an associate in the Competition & EU department at Bristows LLP, based in London.
Matthew has been involved in a number of high-profile cases in the TMT sector. He was part of the team defending Google against an abuse of dominance claim brought by the online mapping company Streetmap, as well as the team representing Samsung in litigation issued by Unwired Planet relating to 'FRAND' aspects of standard essential patent licensing. He is currently involved in a number of on-going FRAND disputes, both for SEP holders and implementers.
Matthew has significant experience dealing with the practical issues that arise during litigation, particularly in relation to: confidentiality; privilege; co-ordinating litigation across jurisdictions; and overlapping European Commission investigations, including disputes as to whether claims are follow-on or standalone. He has also spent time on secondment to the in-house litigation team of a leading technology company.
Matthew regularly advises on issues arising out of distribution, licensing and settlement agreements, particularly in the pharmaceutical and TMT sectors. He also gives advice and training on competition law compliance, including on dawn raids. He is a regular contributor to the Bristows' CLIP Board blog on the interface between competition and IP law, and has also written for publications including the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Competition Law Journal, and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.
Matthew has been involved in a number of high-profile cases in the TMT sector. He was part of the team defending Google against an abuse of dominance claim brought by the online mapping company Streetmap, as well as the team representing Samsung in litigation issued by Unwired Planet relating to 'FRAND' aspects of standard essential patent licensing. He is currently involved in a number of on-going FRAND disputes, both for SEP holders and implementers.
Matthew has significant experience dealing with the practical issues that arise during litigation, particularly in relation to: confidentiality; privilege; co-ordinating litigation across jurisdictions; and overlapping European Commission investigations, including disputes as to whether claims are follow-on or standalone. He has also spent time on secondment to the in-house litigation team of a leading technology company.
Matthew regularly advises on issues arising out of distribution, licensing and settlement agreements, particularly in the pharmaceutical and TMT sectors. He also gives advice and training on competition law compliance, including on dawn raids. He is a regular contributor to the Bristows' CLIP Board blog on the interface between competition and IP law, and has also written for publications including the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Competition Law Journal, and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.
Practice Areas
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2016
Education
- LLB Law
- University of Bristol
- Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law
- King's College London
3 Contributions by Matthew Hunt
PRACTICE NOTES
EU IoT legal issues: telecoms, APIs, IP and SEPs, standards/interoperability, competition, consumer rights, product safety/liability, accessibility, contracting (excluding data protection and cybersecurity)
The Internet of Things (IoT)
The Internet of Things refers to everyday items—not just conventional computing kit like laptops and mobiles—connected to the internet. Related terms include connected devices, smart objects, the internet of services, machine‑to‑machine (M2M) technology, sensor networks, the network of networks, and pervasive or ubiquitous computing. IoT covers objects as varied as running shoes, buildings, cars, fridge‑freezers and drones. With embedded technology, these items can interact and share data online with one another, the user, the service provider and/or their environment, and they can be monitored and controlled remotely.
This Practice Note introduces IoT technology in the EU and considers:
The technology underpinning the IoT
Identifying the legal issues
Application programming interfaces (APIs)
Telecommunications and electrical equipment
Intellectual property—overview
Intellectual property ownership and licensing issues
Competition law
Consumer protection
Product safety and liability
Compliance requirements
The appropriate contracting model
Additional legal issues
This Practice Note does not address data protection, privacy or cyber security. These are covered separately in Practice Note: Internet of things...
EU Law
PRACTICE NOTES
Internet of Things: telecoms and electrical equipment regulation, APIs, IP and SEPs/FRAND, competition, consumer and product safety/liability, contracting and future issues—excluding data protection (UK and EU)
The Internet of Things (IoT)
The Internet of Things (IoT) describes everyday items—beyond laptops and smartphones—connected to the internet. Related terms include connected devices, smart objects, the internet of services, machine-to-machine (M2M), sensor networks, the network of networks, and pervasive or ubiquitous computing. IoT applies to running shoes, buildings, cars, fridge-freezers and drones. With embedded technology, such items exchange data and interact online with each other, the user, the service provider and/or their environment, and can be monitored and controlled remotely. This Practice Note introduces IoT and considers:
the technology underlying the IoT
identifying the legal issues
application programming interfaces (APIs)
telecommunications and electrical equipment
intellectual property—overview, ownership and licensing
competition law
consumer protection
liability and fault
compliance requirements
the appropriate contracting model
future legal issues
This Practice Note does not cover data protection, privacy or cybersecurity; these are addressed separately in Practice Note: Internet of...
TMT
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...
IP
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