Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Neil Coulson works in all areas of intellectual property law. He has extensive experience in patent litigation and leads the trade marks group in Jones Day's London Office.

In patent matters, Neil has represented clients in many diverse industries, such as oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, electronics, chemical engineering, medical devices, and agrochemicals, before the Patents Court and Court of Appeal. Many of the patent cases he has handled for clients have involved the coordination of efforts across U.S. and European jurisdictions, and he has argued technical evidence before court-appointed experts in patent proceedings in Milan.

In trade mark matters, Neil represents clients in actions for trade mark infringement and passing off and advises on all aspects of trade mark prosecution at the UKIPO and the Community Trade Mark Office, regularly representing clients in oppositions and appeals. Furthermore, Neil advises extensively on copyright issues, particularly in the publishing and advertising industries.

In addition to litigating intellectual property rights, Neil advises on all aspects of the exploitation of intellectual property in the fields of licensing, technology transactions, and corporate mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on matters relating to sponsorship law.

Neil is recommended in Chambers UK and routinely lectures on a variety of legal topics and is widely published in industry journals on IP-related issues. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Patent Litigation
• Licensing & Technology Transactions

Representative Cases

• Collag Ltd v Merck
• Collag Ltd v Rohm and Haas
• Halliburton Energy Services v Smith International
• Iomega Corporation v Nomai SA
• Memcor v Norit
• Perkins v Shone and others
• Rockwater v Coflexip
• Sealed Air v Pechiney
• Sony v Tesco
• Texas Instruments Inc. v. Hyundai Electronics Industries, et al., Civil Action No. 2:98 CV 73, 74 (E.D. Tex.)
• Wesley Jessen v CooperVision
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Initial Public Offering
• Issuance of Shares by Optimal Technologies, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Webjam Limited
• Joint Venture with Rolls-Royce , (2009)
• License Agreement with Virgin Enterprises Ltd.
• Patent Litigation , (2009)
• Sale of Delta Biotechnology
• Sale of European tissue and towel business
• Trademark Assignments and Licensing Arrangements

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• Bristol University - England
• College Law - London

Published Works

• The Rights Of Employee Inventors, The Bulletin, 2009
• The Impact of the European Enforcement Directive: A New Regime for Gathering and Preserving -IP Perspectives, 2007
• Divide and Rule: European Patent Office Addresses Divisional Applications, 2007
• "You're Too Slow, EPO": UK Court Steps In to Help Patentees, 2007
• Unifying the Patent System in Europe: Are the Wheels Back in Motion?, 2007
• The Entitlement Dispute, European Pharmaceutical Contractor, 2006
• The (Cross) Border Is Closed: ECJ Rules on Patent Injunctions, 2006
• A Proactive Approach to Protection, The Grocer, 2006
• New Public Consultation on the European Patent System, 2006
• Good News for R&D Companies: Case Comment - Warner Lambert v Ranbaxy, Patent World, 2006
• What's in a brand? Brand Valuation - ITMA Review No.329, 2005
• Ambush Marketing - Euro 2004, Brand Strategy, 2004
• Case Comment Rockwater Ltd v Coflexip SA: A Judicial Balance, coauthor, Patent World, 2003
• File Wrapper Estoppel: Has the English Court of Appeal allowed in through the back door that which the EPC states pushed out the front? coauthor, Patent World, 2002
• The New Nominet Dispute Resolution Procedure, Trademark World, 2001
• The New Nominet Dispute Resolution Procedure, In-house Lawyer, 2001
• New global top level domain names and multi-lingual domain names: an overview, In-house Lawyer, 2001

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