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Founded in 1837 by Robert Wilson, when the firm drafted the patent agreements for the first practical electrical telegraph, Bristows has maintained its focus on technology law and has added life sciences to its expertise.
Its lawyers advise clients, which include global and UK household names as well as emerging businesses, across a broad spectrum of sectors on contentious, transactional and regulatory matters. In September Bristows opened an office in Dublin.
Recent work has included assisting a global tech and multimedia giant on multiple media disputes and a competition case in Europe.
Bristows is acting for the government’s Disclosure and Barring Service, which carries out criminal record checks on potential employees, in a long-running, complex IT dispute. The trial is scheduled for this year.
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Deal work includes advising the mobile network provider Sure on the acquisition of Airtel-Vodafone from the Indian communications giant Bharti Global.
The firm is advising a leading pharmaceutical company on its global business transformation programme, including two large and complex outsourcing projects.
Its lawyers are advising NetEase, a Chinese mobile video games developer, on a copyright infringement claim brought against it in relation to various aspects of its mobile first-person shooter game, including its graphic works, musical works and gameplay design.
It is also defending a global electronics company in the first “FRAND” case brought by an implementer in the UK against a patent pool and a patent owner to identify fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licence terms. The case concerns video coding technology used in high-definition televisions.
★ Commended for intellectual property; technology & media telecommunication
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