Gary Moss

Partner, Solicitor
London

Gary’s career as a leading IP lawyer spans more than 30 years and he has acted in large scale UK IP disputes and cross-border IP disputes both in Europe and the United States. He oversees major litigations handled by the firm and led the team in the recent win at the Supreme Court for Conversant and Unwired Planet in the Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant Wireless v Huawei and ZTE cases which are leading cases worldwide on the issue of FRAND in the context of Standard Essential Patents in the field of telecommunication.

As head of EIP Litigation, Gary oversees major litigations handled by the firm. In the past few years he has led the teams in Good Technology v AirWatch, Good Technology v Mobile Iron, Research in Motion v Visto Corporation, and also led the case of Kirin-Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel, which for many years stood as the leading case on the construction of patents.

Gary has consistently been ranked among the top UK patent litigators by the Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, IAM Patent 1000, and IP Stars directories.

Education and qualifications

  • 1971 — 1974
    Law Degree, University of Leicester

Career history

  • 2011 — present
    Partner, EIP
  • 2008 — 2011
    Head of IP Litigation Europe, McDermott Will & Emery
  • 2001 — 2004
    Managing Partner, London, Taylor Wessing
  • 1995 — 2000
    Head of IP, Taylor Joynson Garrett
  • 1990 — 2008
    Partner, Taylor Joynson Garrett / Taylor Wessing
  • 1979 — 1990
    Partner, Woodham Smith

Languages spoken

  • French (Basic)