Mark Lubbock

Experience

• A global entertainments and theme park provider regarding brand and operational rights licensing for the development of a new theme park in Dubai and in relation to various acquisitions and its procurement of an online ticketing system
• A global chip designer on an UNICITRAL arbitration regarding patent infringement allegations and a technology licensing agreement relating to the design and development of semi-conductor chips for 4G technology
• A global life sciences company on an ICC arbitration relating to a dispute in connection with a material sciences technology licence
• A major hydrocarbons producer in respect of over 100 process systems and hydrocarbon technology and raw material commercial supply and service agreements as part of a proposed acquisition
• Arakis Ltd and Vectura Group plc on a landmark US$375 million technology licensing agreement with Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis for their jointly developed inhaled combination therapy for asthma and COPD
• A major UK based process systems provider in relation to its merger with the control software business of a global French/US entity– which involved a very complex array of transitional and longer lasting services and technology supply agreement between the parties
• Imperial College London of Science, Technology and Medicine in relation to its technology pipeline agreement and as a major shareholder of Imperial Innovations Group (now Touchstone, part of IP Group PLC) and on a £140 million rights issue and issue of warrants by Imperial Innovations Group

Recent work

• The IP aspects of the sale of The Ritz hotel in London to a Qatari based investment group
• The IP, IT and data protection aspects of IPO’s and rights issues for a number of AIM listed companies including the the IPO's of RenalytixAI, VericiDX, and Trellus Health
• Providing data protection advice for clients relating to, inter alia, privacy policies for start ups engaged in the Fintech industry, the global sharing of clinical data by a pharmaceutical company, the processing of telephony location and other data re footfall for a real estate business services company, in respect of a ransom-ware attack for a listed PLC, an investigation into the merits of a claim for the use of healthcare data in breach of GDPR for a litigation funder, and a data sharing agreement with Ticketmaster
• Drafting and negotiating IT commercial agreements for start- ups relating to the development and licensing of Saas platforms), for a major UK IT media company on the development and procurement of an IT system to provide asset management services and a delivery platform to assist in the clearance and distribution of TV commercials), and for the business management service provider to a world famous area of London for the supply of WiFi services and of visitor data services
• Advising Singha Beer in respect of a beer supply and distribution contract for the UK with Shepherd Neame plc.
• Advising a listed biotech company focussing on mechanisms for the bio-delivery of medicines for oncology patients in respect of the grant of an IPR licence and a collaboration and distribution agreement to a Chinese pharmaceutical company
• Advising an early stage agritech company, in relation to the development of its intellectual property portfolio and related agreements

Published articles

• December 2024
  World Trademark Review, Thom Browne v adidas: third strike (not stripe!) and you’re out (link)
• December 2023
  Patent Lawyer Magazine, Start-up to scale-up: does IP hold the key? (link)
• November 2023
  EIP News Flashes, Clearview AI victorious on a fact specific exemption but what does this judgment mean for the extra territorial effect of the UK GDPR (link)
• November 2023
  AiThority, Top AI Pain Points that Challenge UK-based Marketers in 2023 (link)
• August 2023
  The Patent Lawyer, Spinning out of control? EIP considers TenU’s recommendations for spin-out companies amid the UK Government’s review (link)
• May 2023
  Business Today, The Power Players: Meet the Trailblazing Life Sciences Lawyers Revolutionizing the UK-Wide Transactions (link)
• March 2023
  World Trademark Review, Brands are an asset: should the overseas ‘parents’ be penalised by the UK tax authority for legitimate cross-border intra-group transfers? The CJEU ruled ‘yes’ (link)
• March 2023
  Law360, Why UK Bitcoin Ruling Is Important To The Digital Asset World (link)
• March 2023
  EE TImes, EU Chips Act: Key Intellectual Property Considerations (link)
• February 2023
  EIP News Flashes, Tulip - a cautionary tale. Do software developers owe a fiduciary duty to users of the code they write? (Tulip Trading v Van Der Laan and Others) (link)
• February 2023
  Mark Lubbock contributes to Practical Commercial Precedents, EIP Company (link)
• February 2023
  EIP News Flashes, Oxford University Innovation Limited v Oxford Nanoimaging Limited – a tale of pies and slices (link)
• January 2023
  EIP News Flashes, The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) publishes its decision on Meta’s legal basis for its use of personalised adverts (link)
• 1 July 2022
  EIP Update, Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property – the Government’s Plans to amend UK law – or not! (link)
• March 2022
  World Trademark Review, APE TEES: oppositions, non-registered rights and Brexit (link)
• 1992 - present
  The Intellectual Property Section, ‘Practical Commercial Precedents’ (Sweet & Maxwell)
• 1992 - 2008
  The Information Technology Section, ‘Practical Commercial Precedents’ (Sweet & Maxwell)
• 2008
  Intellectual Property Section, ‘Practical Commercial Checklists’ (Sweet & Maxwell)