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Mrs
Rachel
Fetches

Partner & Head of Law

London Office

Law

Telephone. +44(0) 207 776 5111
Mobile. +44(0) 782 790 9139
Email. [email protected]

Experience

Rachel is an IP/Patent Litigation Partner and advises on contentious intellectual property matters for clients across a broad range of sectors including, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, chemicals, food and beverage, aviation, media and telecommunications industries. She has extensive experience of litigating before the UK Patents Court, High Court and Court of Appeal. She has also regularly advised in relation to pan-European IP litigation strategy for both patents and trade marks. Rachel is currently leading HGF's UPC team.

Qualifications

Solicitor

England & Wales
Ireland
Other
Republic of Ireland


BSC

Cell Biotechnology (Spec)

MA

Health Care Ethics

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE

Intellectual Property Law

OTHER

PgDL/LPC College of Law

Recognition

MIP Stars Handbook 2016

“Rachel is an accomplished patent litigator with an excellent pedigree in life sciences” says a peer

IAM Patent 1000

“Rachel Fetches is the woman to go to. Her weighty workload includes substantial matters such as representing Accord Healthcare against Research Technologies a complex case that has involved expert testimony from US federal law and Texas state law experts”

Legal500, London: Intellectual Property - patents (contentious and non-contentious)

HGF Limited’s patent litigators have strength in the life sciences sector, as evidenced by Rachel Fetches’ representation of multinational generic pharmaceuticals companies in patent infringement defence and oppositions.

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Publications

First order to preserve evidence in the Paris Local Division of the UPC secured

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Mondaq awards HGF for thought leadership in Germany

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HGF is ranked as a top tier firm in Legal 500 UK 2024

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Prominence given to the preservation of the status quo

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Blockbuster blood thinning patent revoked

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IPBC Europe 2022

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UPC could open its doors in 2022

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A new dawn for SPCs

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UK Supreme Court invalidates Regeneron's transgenic mouse patents for lack of sufficiency

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SKY Trade Marks applied for to use purely as “Legal Weapon” are held to be invalid

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HGF wins Scottish “Firm of the Year” for Prosecution at the MIP Awards

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The end of the UPC as we know it?

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SkyKick ruling

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Clearing out the clutter – SkyKick may open up trade mark registers Across Europe

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The Vedanta Opposition: A healthy sign of a maturing industry

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Test for obviousness for dosage patents clarified by the Supreme Court

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Conferences: 2023

November 21st 2023

LSPN Europe 2023

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Conferences: 2022

November 29th 2022

LSPN Europe 2022

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October 25th 2022

Webinar: Litigating in the Unified Patent Court

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October 6th 2022

UPC event in Ireland: Maintaining commercial relevance of your European IP strategy with the new Unified Patent Court system

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March 7th 2022

IQPC Global Exchange Europe 2022

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Conferences: 2021

March 2nd 2021

MIP International Patent Forum

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February 9th 2021

HGF IP in Healthcare Virtual Conference

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January 14th 2021

HGF IP in Healthcare Virtual Conference 2021

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Conferences: 2020

November 2nd 2020

AIPPI Congress London

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Conferences: 2019

November 26th 2019

IQPC Lifesciences in IP

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November 26th 2019

IQPC Life Science IP 2019 - London

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November 21st 2019

Life Sciences Patent Network

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June 3rd 2019

2019 BIO International Convention - Philadelphia

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March 19th 2019

HGF IP in Healthcare Conference

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March 14th 2019

IP in Healthcare Conference 2019 - London & Manchester

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Conferences: 2018

November 27th 2018

IQPC Life Sciences IP Conference

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