MH Dispute Resolution

Gurmeet Kaur Sidhu, Consultant

Experience:

Extensive experience in the contentious field including domestic and international/cross border matters. Advises on the full range of intellectual property (including patent, trademarks & passing off, copyright, design rights, trade secrets/confidential information) and competition law issues (including criminal liability arising from cartel behaviour). Particular expertise in the life sciences & pharmaceutical field (patent/general IP litigation and enforcement strategies, “dawn raids”/search and seizures by enforcement agencies, MHRA investigations; regulatory and parallel importation issues) and the media field (defamation, breach of confidence, privacy and freedom of expression issues). Acts for a wide range of clients which include high profile individuals, start-ups, SMEs, large multinational organisations and has an established clients/contacts base in Asia.

Recent work includes successfully defending a large multinational pharmaceutical company in the first UK prosecution (conspiracy to defraud) relating to cartel activity resulting in a landmark House of Lords’ decision and a series of collateral anti-competition actions involving complex electronic disclosure exercises and issues.

Summary of Specialisms:

Intellectual property; Competition (including cartel investigations & related fraud issues); Life Sciences & pharmaceuticals; Media.

Employment:

Shearn Delamore & Co (Malaysia), Roiter Zucker (2003-2009), Marriott Harrison (2010 - present)

Trained at:

Chambers of Edmund Lawson QC

Qualifications:
LLB (Hons), Masters in Intellectual Property (LLM), Barrister (Gray’s Inn), Advocate & Solicitor (Malaysia), Solicitor Advocate (Supreme Courts of England and Wales)

Studied at:
University of Hull, London School of Economics and Political Science

Languages:
Punjabi, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia

Interests:

Theatre, films, reading fiction, travel