- ian.karet@linklaters.com
- +44 2074565800
- United Kingdom
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“I specialise in IP and technology and have 30 years’ experience at Linklaters. I have a scientific background which is a great help in patent cases and experience of a very wide range of commercial and contentious matters. I am concise, measured and always closely involved on behalf of clients in the development of any dispute resolution or transaction.”
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Overview
Ian is widely acknowledged as a leading IP specialist with particular expertise in disputes. He also has extensive experience of commercial issues including licensing, structuring IP aspects of transactions and insolvency. He is a Deputy High Court Judge and Interim Chair of the Charity Commission.
Ian was a member of the firm’s Partnership Board from 2012 to 2015 and in 2000 founded the firm’s TMT group.
Work Highlights
Ian has led on many leading IP disputes. These include:
- Actavis v Merck, a leading case on the patentability of second medical uses and which set a precedent for the Court of Appeal departing from its earlier decisions
- Aerotel v Telco concerning the patentability of computer programs and business methods
- Cranway v Playtech concerning a patent for online gaming
- advising easyJet on the brand licence with its founder
- Tate & Lyle v Roquette a significant case on patentability of discoveries and the of attributes of a chemical product
- Sierra Wireless in an arbitration relating to royalties under patent licences
- Merck & Co., Inc. in a long-running trade mark dispute with Merck KGaA, a German company, over the use of “Merck”
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Education and Qualifications
Ian studied chemistry at Worcester College, University of Oxford and law at the City Polytechnic.