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James Fox

Senior Associate

London

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James Fox

Senior Associate

London

James specialises in patent, Standard Essential Patents (SEP) and FRAND litigation across all areas of technology, but with a specific focus on the High Tech and telecoms fields. James has particularly expansive experience of working with a diverse range of clients, with recent cases focussing on technologies such as SEP in the telecoms sphere, LED lighting special effects for film and television and laser-based countermeasures against heat-seeking missiles.

James has a passion for the High Tech field and has advised on some of the biggest, most complex and globally high profile pieces of litigation in the sector. James has spoken at international conferences on the subject of jurisdictional challenges facing the resolution of global telecommunications, FRAND and SEP disputes.

James read law at the University of Cambridge, where he was an Exhibitioner of Peterhouse and served as President of the Cambridge University Law Society. Before joining Allen & Overy James spent time on secondment at GlaxoSmithKline.

Related articles

Blog Post: 31 May 2023

Is the licensing of Standard Essential Patents in the European Union about to undergo a drastic change?

London-based IP Litigation Senior Associate James Fox looks at a recent proposal from the European Commission that would significantly change the licensing of Standard Essential Patents within the…

Read more Is the licensing of Standard Essential Patents in the European Union about to undergo a drastic change?

Publications: 06 April 2023

FRAND: Improved outlook for implementers in the UK and U.S.

Read more FRAND: Improved outlook for implementers in the UK and U.S.

Publications: 07 May 2021

The perils of giving video evidence

Read more The perils of giving video evidence

Publications: 01 January 2018

UK Threats: Worldwide Consequences?

Read more UK Threats: Worldwide Consequences?

Office

London

One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as Solicitor, England and Wales, March 2015

Academic

Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Oxford, 2017

President, Cambridge University Law Society, 2010-2011

MA, Law, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, 2011

 

Recognition

Publications

  • Fox, J. et al. (2018); 40 Issue 2 “UK Threats: Worldwide Consequences” European Intellectual Property Review.