CIPIL Intellectual Property Seminar Series 2011-12: The person skilled in the art

CIPIL Intellectual Property Seminar Series 2011-12:The person skilled in the art with Michael Silverleaf QC (Barrister, 11 South Square)

Room G24, Faculty of Law

Michael Silverleaf QC read physics at Imperial College before moving to the Bar. He was called in 1980. In 1991 he was appointed Junior Counsel to the Treasury in Patent and related matters, a post he held until he took silk in 1996. Whilst Treasury Junior he advised the government on many IP matters and represented it regularly in tribunals up to the European Court.

Mr Silverleaf is one of the foremost IP silks. He has appeared in many leading patent, trade mark and copyright cases over the last 25 years and is well known for his technical grasp and IP expertise. He is also well-known for his IT practice, having acted in a number of substantial IT disputes. He recently advised EDS in a dispute over a major public sector contract. He is currently representing Nokia in patent cases concerned with mobile telephone technology, a field of considerable technological complexity. His forensic skills are widely admired, particularly in cross-examination. He is the author of a leading textbook on passing off. Mr Silverleaf was accredited as a mediator by ADR Chambers in 2004, since when he has regularly conducted IP mediations. He also teaches mediation courses. Since becoming accredited, he has mediated disputes in all areas of IP. He has a rapidly growing reputation as an effective facilitator of positive discussions between the parties.

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