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Bristows LLP Offices

Bristows LLP
100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
LONDON
EC4Y 0DH
England
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Dr Myles Jelf

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Work Department

Patent litigation, IP, Competition and Antitrust

Position

Myles is Joint Head of the patent litigation department. He specialises in intellectual property matters with an emphasis on litigation.

While his practice covers the full range of intellectual property rights it has focused in recent years upon high-tech patent litigation for multinational companies – his clients include Samsung, Google, Pratt & Whitney and ZTE. Myles is also part of Bristows’ competition department with experience of handling competition disputes before the UK courts and the European Commission. His work within this department has given him considerable experience in the interface between IPRs and anti-trust issues, particularly in the telecoms sector where he has acted in a number of leading UK cases including Samsung v Apple, IPCom v Nokia / HTC, Unwired Planet v Samsung and Conversant v ZTE. This experience has meant Myles is at the front of the developing legal area of FRAND dispute resolution.

Myles’ post-doctoral level engineering training particularly suits him to the more technically demanding cases within his patent practice. Recent cases within this practice have focused on the computing, telecoms and computer gaming sectors. Myles also, however, acts for a number of industrial clients notably in the aerospace and robotic technology sectors. Myles is a qualified Solicitor-Advocate with full rights of audience before all the UK’s civil courts. He is a member of AIPPI and a Board Director of EPLAW. His practice has an international nature, with the vast majority of cases in the last 10 years including the co-ordination of parallel cases in jurisdictions throughout the EU and the US. He has closely followed the development of the pan-European Unified Patent Court (UPC) throughout its gestation, attending and speaking at two of EPLAW’s Venice Patent Judges Congresses in the last five years.

Career

Qualified in 1997. Partner at Bristows since 2005, Head of Group since 2016.

Languages

French

Memberships

EPLAW Board Member. AIPPI, IP Federation.

Education

BEng Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London
PhD (Carbon composite engineering) University of Cambridge;
PGDL & PGDLP Nottingham Trent University;
Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Bristol

 

Leisure

Guitar, Mountain Biking, Classic Cars.

Lawyer Rankings

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)

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Myles Jelf – Bristows LLP

Fielding an extensive and varied patents practice that is noted for its ‘fantastic technical ability’, Bristows LLP demonstrates considerable prowess across a myriad of technical sectors, encompassing telecoms, pharmaceuticals, biotech, and electronics, to name a few. On the contentious side, the team frequently manages FRAND and biologics mandates, while on the non-contentious side, the team excels in collaboration and licensing deals, as well as the IP elements of significant corporate deals. Three experienced practitioners lead the team: Robert Burrows, who leverages his knowledge in genetics to assist clients in the life sciences industry, seasoned litigator Andrew Bowler, who routinely coordinates global strategies in the space, and Richard Dickinson, who frequently handles matters pertaining to transactional and advisory work. Liz Cohen possesses experience representing clients up to the Supreme Court, and James Boon operates for a litany of clients in the context of cross-border litigation. Myles Jelf bolsters the group with his strengths in hi-tech patent litigation, while Matthew Warren retains an extensive transactional practice. Other names to note include Claire Smith, Richard Pinckney, Dominic Adair, Brian Cordery, and Greg Bacon.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms

The ’always available, knowledgeable, and skilled’, practice at Bristows LLP is particularly experienced in technology disputes. On the non-contentious side, the practice is well-versed in data privacy, regulatory telecommunication, as well as technology and outsourcing matters. With over two decades of experience, Toby Crick is a key contact for energy, financial services, and health clients, while Myles Jelf is often engaged in telecommunications disputes. Anna Cook is informed in outsourcing and software copyright disputes and Chris Holder is particularly active in the healthcare sector. Adrian Sim is knowledgeable of IT transactions, Angela Fouracre is lauded as ‘a strong lawyer with a keen understanding of commercial concerns’, and Charlie Hawes is skilled in privacy law.

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