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Robert Lundie Smith
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner, Solicitor
Career
Co-head of EIP’s multi-award-winning UK litigation practice, Robert is an acknowledged expert in patent litigation with an extensive experience of, and significant success in, leading highly complex patent infringement and validity disputes before the Patents Court and Court of Appeal, including as part of wider, multi-national, disputes.
Alongside his law degree, Robert has an MSci in chemistry and a PhD in chemistry/chemical physics, and before coming to law Robert was a research fellow at the University of Lund in Sweden.
Robert is well placed to advise clients on the new Unified Patent Court (UPC) – see further details at EIP Amar, EIP’s alliance created to support clients in any litigation before the UPC.
- 2014 — present
Partner, EIP - 2012 — 2014
Senior Associate , EIP - 2009 — 2012
Associate, McDermott Will & Emery - 2008 — 2009
IP Barrister, practicing out of 8 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn - 2007 — 2008
Pupil Barrister, 8 New Square - 2003 — 2005
European Union Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Lund, Sweden - 1999 — 2003
Demonstrator in Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry , King’s College London
Languages
Basic French.
Education
- 2005 — 2007
Bachelor of Laws, College of Law, London - 2006 — 2007
Bar Vocational Course, College of Law, London - 2005 — 2006
Graduate Diploma in Law, College of Law, London - 1999 — 2003
PhD Chemistry/Chemical Physics, King’s College London - 1995 — 1999
MSc Chemistry , King’s College London
Leisure
Walking, tennis, photography, history.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
The ‘outstanding’ comprehensive offering at EIP covers the full gamut of issues in the patent space, covering a diverse multitude of agreements and other transactional mandates alongside multi-faceted litigation in a range of courts. Steering the practice is Andrew Sharples, who is especially knowledgeable in managing FRAND trials, Robert Lundie Smith, who counts blue-chip technology companies among his core roster of clients, and Mark Lubbock, whose transactional capabilities across a varied array of commercial arrangements further bolster the practice. Capitalising on his more than 30 years of activity in this field, Gary Moss is highly capable of advising on a range of cross-border IP disputes, while Kathleen Fox Murphy enjoys a wealth of experience in coordinating litigation, handling interim injunctions, and assisting with infringement issues.