Katie McConell
Of Counsel, Hogan Lovells
Katie joined Hogan Lovells in 2003, and is a Counsel in the London IP, Media and Technology (IPMT) practice and a member of the firms Life Sciences and Electronics teams. Katie’s focus is on patent litigation in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors, with specialist focus on cross-border patent disputes (including acting in Qualcomm v Nokia, IPCom v HTC, ZTE v Ericsson, and Nokia v HTC), patent arbitration (including in relation to disputes over licence fees for standards essential patents, and related licence terms), and supplementary protection certificates including paediatric extensions (including acting for DuPont in the first UK cases challenging the interpretation of European legislation regarding paediatric extensions to supplementary protection certificates, and acting for Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd. in a case before the English courts and CJEU on the interpretation of the Specific Mechanism).
Katie also advises on a range of non-contentious and pre-litigation IP matters including review and selection of suitable candidate patents for assertion in licensing negotiations and patent litigation, and drafting and negotiating of licensing, settlement, and other commercial agreements.