Owen Waugh

Prior to joining Kirkland, Owen was involved in the following matters:

• Acting for a patent holder in global patent disputes against a large multinational company concerning the FRAND licensing of cellular technology, including representation in an appeal to the UK Supreme Court regarding the appropriate methodology for determining FRAND royalty rates.
• Tesla v InterDigital & Avanci – Acting in a jurisdictional challenge, including an appeal to the UK Supreme Court, concerning the authority of the English courts to determine FRAND rates for patent pools.
• Unwired Planet v Huawei / Conversant v Huawei & ZTE – Acting in jurisdictional challenges, including a joint appeal to the UK Supreme Court, concerning the jurisdiction of the English courts to determine the terms of global FRAND licences.
• Alcatel v Amazon – Acting in global patent disputes concerning the RAND licensing of video-streaming technologies.
• ASUS v Xiaomi / ASUS v Oppo – Acting in global patent disputes concerning the FRAND licensing of cellular technology.
• IP Bridge v Huawei – Acting in global patent disputes concerning the FRAND licensing of cellular technology.
• Conversant v Huawei & ZTE – Acting in global patent disputes concerning the FRAND licensing of cellular technology.
• Technetix v Teleste – Acting in multiple patent disputes relating to telecommunications technology.

EIP, London

• Trainee Solicitor, 2018–2020
• Associate, 2020