Anthony Trenton Email & Phone Number

Anthony is a highly regarded intellectual property litigator who focuses his practice on multi-jurisdictional patent litigation, as well as on matters relating to breach of confidence, trademarks and domain names, copyright, and registered designs and design right. He represents a variety of clients, including those in the life sciences and technology industries. He has over 25 years of experience in handling some of the most complex litigation in the UK, from before commencement of proceedings through to trial and appeal. He has conducted landmark cases up to the highest level in the UK, having run a two-week appeal in the House of Lords and an appeal and an intervention in the UK Supreme Court. He is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Civil Courts) and has exercised his advocacy rights in the High Court.He is recognised by Chambers & Partners directory as a key individual ("hardworking and astute"; "clients admire his ability to understand relationships and distil from those the correct amount of information needed"; "noted for his strategy and expert advice") and by Legal 500 as "very bright indeed" and "very diligent and very focused, and an excellent technical lawyer". He is also recognised by Legal Experts and Super Lawyers.

Listed skills include Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Legal Advice, and 12 others.

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  Partner

  Wilmerhale

  Sep 2014 - Present - London, United Kingdom

  Anthony’s work includes: •Representing Kirin-Amgen in a biotechnology patent infringement case up to the House of Lords (the leading case on construction and non-literal patent infringement)•A patent infringement action about intermediate bulk containers that went to the Supreme Court (the leading case on whether an act is repair or making)•Acting as an expert advising on English law in a New York arbitration relating to a patent license•Representing a major pharmaceutical company in a successful claim to revoke a patent for a well-known drug•Representing a major pharmaceutical company in a patent infringement case about the use of glucagon-like peptides for reducing body weight•A successful patent infringement case up to the Court of Appeal involving snack food packaging equipment•An entitlement dispute against a leading defense contractor about patents for hovercushion landing gears on airships•Representing a major chemical company in a successful patent action about ion exchange resins (followed by the first account of profits to go to trial for nearly a century)•Acting as a solicitor-advocate in a case against Unilever about ice cream bars and obtaining the first modern stay of patent proceedings in the UK pending an EPO Opposition•A patent infringement case about the projection of images onto film•Representing a global information and publishing business in numerous trademark disputes•A successful revocation action relating to the Bach Flower Remedies trademark•Trademark infringement proceedings relating to the BOTOX mark•Successful trademark infringement proceedings in Malaysia concerning the H R Johnson mark•Representing a global entertainment media company in a trademark infringement action relating to the launch of a competitor's TV channel•Representing a well-known tyre manufacturer in a successful trademark dispute•A successful and leading trademark case relating to cybersquatting•Representing a hostelling organization in a number of trademark disputes.