Dr Dominic Adair
Dr Adair is a partner in the patent litigation group at Bristows LLP in London. He has a science background to PhD level which gives him an excellent grounding in the technical aspects of patent disputes.
He has extensive experience of cross-border litigation in and beyond Europe and has worked on all aspects of the product life cycle in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector: from freedom to operate analyses and early stage risk assessments of generic and biosimilar competition to end-stage litigation on patents, term extensions and anti-trust issues.
Dr Adair writes regularly on reported patent cases in the UK and at the EPO. He is a member of the European Patent Lawyers Association, an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and holds office as Honorary Secretary and Vice-President of AIPPI UK.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2004; Appointed partner 2014
Experience
- Bristows LLP (2002 - 2022)
Membership
- AIPPI
- CIPA
- EPLAW
Qualifications
- PhD (Zoology) (2000)
- BA (Natural Sciences) (1994)
Education
- University of Cambridge (1991-2000)
2 Contributions by Dominic Adair
PRECEDENTS
Particulars of Infringement Template—Patent Infringement Claim for Patents Court/IPEC (England and Wales), including Actavis Equivalents and Statement of Truth
CLAIM No: [ insert claim number ]
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEBUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND & WALESINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD)[ Patents Court OR Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ]
Between:
[ insert full name of claimant ] — Claimant
[ [ insert full name of second claimant ] ] — [ Second Claimant ]
and
[ insert full name of defendant ] — First Defendant
[ [ insert full name of second defendant ] ] — [ Second Defendant ]
Particulars of INFRINGEMENT
Set out below are the particulars of infringement of [ United Kingdom patent [ insert full patent number, eg GB… ] OR European patent (UK) [ insert full patent number, eg EP (UK)… ] ] (the Patent) as cited in the Particulars of Claim. Terms and expressions defined in the Particulars of Claim shall bear the same meanings for the purposes of this document...
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PRECEDENTS
Precedent: Particulars of Claim for Patent Infringement (England and Wales) — Patents Court or IPEC
Claim No: [ insert claim number ]
In the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England & Wales, Intellectual Property List (ChD) [ PATENTS COURT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENTERPRISE court ]
Between
[ insert full name of claimant ] Claimant [ [ insert full name of second claimant ] Second Claimant ]
and
[ insert full name of defendant ] Defendant [ [ insert full name of second defendant ] Second Defendant ]
Particulars of claim
The Claimant is a company incorporated on [ insert date ], governed by the law[s] of [ insert country/countries ], with its registered office at [ insert address ]. The Claimant’s activities include, inter alia, [ insert brief description of claimant’s business ].
The Defendant is a company incorporated on [ insert date ], governed by the law[s] of [ insert country/countries ], with its registered office at [ insert address ]. The Defendant’s activities include, inter alia, [ insert brief description of defendant’s business ].
...
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