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

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The team at Jones Day is led by ‘shrewd’ and seasoned patent disputes specialist Alastair McCulloch, and has experience representing multinational companies in infringement disputes, counseling pharma and biotech clients, and handling SEP/FRAND issues in the tech and telecoms sector. Tech patent expert Toby Sears arrived from CMS in October 2024, expanding the team’s offering in this area.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Alastair McCulloch is shrewd, and litigates like a successful chess player. Alex Exact is a junior associate, but already displays decisive and accurate judgment and shows strong promise.’

  • ‘Toby Sears is highly experienced in this sector, with a great “feel”, a commercial approach, and exceptional client and communication skills. He is fantastic with the team. Highly recommended.’

  • ‘Jones Day are a truly forward-thinking firm - always ready with a new perspective or an innovative new approach.’

  • ‘Toby Sears is a great new acquisition for Jones Day. Toby is determined, dogged, and a real patent pugilist - a valued asset in any patent matter.’

  • ‘The team, led by Alastair McCulloch, is a quality litigation team well integrated into Jones Day's international network.’

  • ‘Alastair McCulloch: an intelligent and precise litigator, experienced in UK patent litigation.’

Key clients

  • Lufthansa Technik AG
  • Qualcomm Incorporated
  • Evidium
  • Ensyn Renewables Inc

Work highlights

Represented Lufthansa Technik AG in patent infringement proceedings against Astronics, Panasonic, and Safran Seats since 2017.
Represented Ensyn Renewables in three EPO opposition proceedings against three Ensyn patents directed to renewable fuel oil in oppositions brought by Technip Energies and BTG.

Practice head

Alastair McCulloch

Other key lawyers

Toby Sears; Jonathon Little; Andrew Aistrup; Alex Exact