Speakers

Mike Washbrook

Partner, London

Taylor Wessing
Personal Profile

Mike is a partner in the Patents & Innovation group who specializes in Tech and Life Sciences patent litigation. Mike has advised a wide range of clients from multinational companies to SMEs on patent matters across a variety of technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical devices and telecommunications. He has experience of advising clients in relation to multinational litigation across Europe, and in European Patent Office proceedings. Mike also has a particular focus on the relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law.

 

Mike specialises in tech-related patent litigation, with a particular focus on SEP and FRAND disputes. He has been involved in a large number of high-tech patents cases in the UK, UPC and the coordination of coordinating multinational litigation and is recognised in Legal 500 2026 as "a name to note for SEP/FRAND litigation".