AI-washing – when AI hype becomes a litigation risk
Eibhlin Vardy
Senior Associate Intellectual Property
Languages
English
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Eibhlin Vardy is a senior associate based in our London office, focusing on patent litigation in the mobile telecoms, IoT, internet services and high-tech sectors, often with a cross jurisdictional aspect. Eibhlin has a wealth of experience in matters that regularly feature in disputes in the sector including (F)RAND defences and royalties in both a devices and streaming context, damages, jurisdiction challenges, confidentiality regimes, settlement, and global cross-licensing, as well as infringement and invalidity issues.
Representative experience
Acting for major technology company in a RAND rate-setting action in the UK Patents Court against Nokia, part of a global dispute concerning the AVC and HEVC standards.
Acting for OPPO in a FRAND rate-setting action in the UK High Court against Nokia, part of a global dispute concerning 4G and 5G cellular technology.
Advising a range of implementers in (F)RAND licensing negotiations with a range of SEP holders (traditional SEP holders, NPEs and patent pools), concerning cellular, video and WiFi technologies.
Representing a handset manufacturer in a confidential FRAND arbitration against a SEP holder concerning novel issues regarding the interplay between competition law and the ETSI FRAND obligation.
Advising a major telecoms network in High Court proceedings concerning various alleged SEPs asserted by IPCom.
Representing BlackBerry: (a) in its High Court infringement action against Motorola concerning a GPRS SEP; and (b) defending infringement proceedings brought by patent assertion entity Visto.
Defending an LCD small screen manufacturer in a private damages action brought by Nokia in the High Court concerning an alleged cartel amongst mobile handset LCD screen suppliers.
Credentials
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Oxford, 2011
- Law Degree, University of Cambridge, 1st Class, 2005