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Ms
Sian
Hope

IP Solicitor

London Office

Law

Telephone. +44(0) 207 776 5111
Email. [email protected]

Experience

Sian has expertise in IP litigation and non-contentious IP matters. She is passionate about life sciences and has primarily advised pharmaceutical clients across all stages of patent litigation.

Sian's experience includes a twelve-month secondment within an Australian health department (Office for Health and Medical Research) and has worked in-house at a pharmaceutical company. She completed a BSc and LLB at Monash University in Australia, is a member of the NSW Law Society and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the UK.

Qualifications

Solicitor

Other
Australia


BSC

Genetics & Molecular Biology

LLB

(Honours)

Publications

UPC on Doctrine of Equivalents

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UPC stakes claim for wide-reaching long-arm jurisdiction for European patents

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Court of Appeal Confirms No Second Medical Use SPCs in UK

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