Robert Jackson

Partner

Dispute Resolution Expertise

Rob is a Patent Attorney Litigator, Chartered Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney and a representative before the Unified Patent Court. He has extensive experience of contentious matters before the English courts, the UK IP Office (IPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO).

Rob conducts patent and design infringement litigation in the Patents Court and IP Enterprise Court for major clients such as Baker Hughes, Freyssinet and Strix. For example, Rob’s team successfully defended a claim of infringement against Freyssinet, and secured partial revocation of the patent; they also successfully handled the subsequent appeal proceedings.

Rob has also been involved in high profile disputes such as the Virgin Atlantic Airlines aircraft seating litigation where he, along with Dehns colleague Chris Davies (Consultant), were part of the team handling the English litigation and appeared for Virgin before the EPO Board of Appeal on the related opposition proceedings. The case was particularly notable because it included consideration by the Supreme Court of the effect of patent amendment on a damages award.

Also before the EPO, Rob has extensive experience of oppositions and appeals practice for other major clients, such as The Coca-Cola Company, Equinor and Kimeberly-Clark. In addition, Rob conducts revocation and entitlement disputes before the UK-IPO.

Rob is also experienced in advising on the conduct of international disputes, particularly involving Norway, for clients such as Equinor and Baker Hughes.

Rob has a substantial practice advising on contentious IP matters, especially concerning patent and design infringement matters for clients ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to the household names mentioned above.

Rob is also active before the Unified Patent Court, having already been involved in a number of cases. In particular, he has appeared before the first instance court and the Court of Appeal, including the Oral Hearing of the first case to be filed at the Paris Central Division. He is also a member of the CIPA UPC Task Force, which supports and promotes the work of Chartered Patent Attorneys before this court.

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Contact details

10 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7NG
United Kingdom

+44 (0) 20 7632 7200

Departments

mechanical engineering, physics, software, dispute resolution, designs

Articles by Robert Jackson

Dehns recognised for its “exceptional partners” in the IAM Patent 1000 2025 edition Dehns recognised for its “exceptional partners” in the IAM Patent 1000 2025 edition 03 Jun 2025 4 min read Dehns receives industry recognition for leading position at the UPC Dehns receives industry recognition for leading position at the UPC 16 Dec 2024 3 min read Dehns ranked in the JUVE Patent UPC rankings 2025 Dehns ranked in the JUVE Patent UPC rankings 2025 11 Dec 2024 3 min read Dehns Partner appointed chair of the new CIPA UPC committee Dehns Partner appointed chair of the new CIPA UPC committee 07 Oct 2024 2 min read Dehns Attorneys recognised in latest edition of Who’s Who Legal Dehns Attorneys recognised in latest edition of Who’s Who Legal 29 Aug 2024 2 min read Dehns attends Oral Hearing before the Paris branch of the UPC Central Division Dehns attends Oral Hearing before the Paris branch of the UPC Central Division 24 Jun 2024 3 min read Dehns heads to Paris for UPC hearing Dehns heads to Paris for UPC hearing 18 Jun 2024 2 min read Dehns recognised for its “top-quality practitioners” in the IAM Patent 1000 2024 edition Dehns recognised for its “top-quality practitioners” in the IAM Patent 1000 2024 edition 07 Jun 2024 4 min read Ireland moving closer to joining the UPC Ireland moving closer to joining the UPC 18 Apr 2024 3 min read Dehns named as “go-to firm for UK and EPO work” in the IAM Patent 1000 2023 edition Dehns named as “go-to firm for UK and EPO work” in the IAM Patent 1000 2023 edition 12 Jul 2023 4 min read Dehns at UPC hearing Dehns at UPC hearing 02 Apr 2024 2 min read