
Stuart Baran
Stuart is currently Standing Counsel to the Comptroller-General, and was the Legal 500 IP, IT and Media Junior of the Year for 2018. He is in high demand to advise on disputes of all sizes and across the full range of IP rights. With a strong scientific research background, including a doctorate in physical chemistry, Stuart is a natural choice for patents disputes; his trade marks practice is also at the highest level. Stuart represents clients from all sectors in all courts and in proceedings at the UKIPO and EPO. He represented Eli Lilly successfully in the UK Supreme Court pemetrexed litigation, and has recently appeared in the UKSC in Sky v. SkyKick (trade marks) and unled in Thaler v. Comptroller (patents, inventorship, AI). Other cases include Resolution v. Lundbeck (citalopram), Comic v. Fox (GLEE), FH Brundle v. Perry (threats), Cadbury v. Nestle (colour marks), Biocompatibles v. Biosphere (EPO), Coca-Cola “MASTER” (GCEU), Merck v. ONO (biotech), Teva v. BI (patents, SPCs), “TEAM GB” trade mark(UKIPO), ldenix v. Gilead (antivirals), Timesource v. Ultimate (passing off, account of profits). Glaxo v. Wyeth (vaccines), Coloplast v. Macgregor (medical devices- trial conducted unled). Hospira v. Cubist (antibiotics), Merck v Shionogi (HIV), Accord v RCT (lacosamide), Sandoz v Searle (darunavir, SPCs), Sky v Skykick (trade marks), Lilly v. Genentech (patents, SPCs, issue estoppel – UK and EPO), Glaxo v. Sandoz (passing off), IPCom v. Vodafone (telecoms), Teva & Sandoz v. BMS (patents, pharmaceuticals), Teva v. Bayer (sorafenib), Teva v. Grünenthal (testosterone formulation), Siemens v. GE (patents, wind turbines, territoriality), Athleta v. SGD (trade marks, unled) Moderna v. Pfizer (patents) Astrazeneca v. Generics (patents). Stuart has developed a particular strength in SPC cases, having appeared in his capacity as Standing Counsel in many of the recent SPC appeals, including Newron, Merck Serono and Halozyme v. Comptroller (SPC cases).



















