Antony is a partner practising intellectual property, with a focus on patent litigation. He advises clients across a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, electronics, mechanical products, fast moving consumer goods and retail.
As a solicitor advocate, he has extensive experience of leading on disputes before the UK courts (including before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, High Court, Patents Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court) and the UK intellectual property office. He also has experience managing multi-jurisdiction disputes (including the US, Canada, Germany, France, the European Patent Office and the European Intellectual Property Office).
IAM Patent 1000 says of him: "[He is a] safe pair of hands for complex multi-disciplinary disputes, Craggs crafts and executes well-thought-through litigation strategies to achieve crucial victories for his clients" and he is 'a pleasure to work with and will always go the extra mile to ensure the very best service'."
Example of matters on which Antony has advised are as follows:
Patents
- Battlekart v. Chaos Karts: Advising on a claim for patent infringement, misuse of confidential information, copyright infringement and database infringement and a counterclaim for invalidity in relation to infrared tracking systems before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- Finchimica v. Bayer: Advising on a claim for patent revocation in relation to the use of alkyl carbolic acid amides as pentration promoters before the Patents Court.
- Future Injection Technologies v. Owen Mumford: Advising on a claim for patent infringement in relation to an autoinjector before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- Hycontrol v. Spirotech: Advising on a claim for patent infringement and a counterclaim for revocation in relation to the pressure sensors for silos before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- Safeguard v. Wykamol: Advising on a claim for patent infringement in relation to waterproofing before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- Seoul Semiconductor v. Everlight: Advising on a claim for patent revocation and a counterclaim for infringement in relation to light emitting diodes before the Patents Court.
- Sony Mobile Communications International v. SSH Communications Security Corporation: Advising on a claim for patent revocation and a counterclaim for infringement in relation to all of Sony's Xperia mobile telephones and tablets and the Playstation 4 before the Patents Court.
- Soluble Technology v. Britvic: Advising on a claim for patent infringement and a counterclaim for revocation in relation to the formulation of soft drinks before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- Tangle Teezer v. GB Kent & Sons: Advising on a claim for patent infringement and a counterclaim for revocation and a declaration of non-infringement in relation to a patent for the ‘tangle teezer’ hairbrush before the Patents Court.
- Virgin Atlantic Airways v. Zodiac Aerospace: Advising on a claim for infringement of a patent and unregistered design right (and counterclaim for revocation) in relation to an aircraft seat before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Co-ordinating the parallel litigation in the USA, Canada and India and the oppositions before the European Patent Office.
Trade marks
- Acedes v Clive Sutton: Advising on a claim for trade mark infringement and passing off in relation to the trademark COBRA by the use of the sign SHELBY COBRA before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- Combe v. Dr Wolff: Advising on a claim for trade mark infringement in relation to the VAGISIL trademark by the use of the sign VAGISAN before the High Court and Court of Appeal.
- easyGroup v. Easyvoyage: Advising on a claim for trade mark infringement in relation to the EASY trademark by the use of the sign EASYVOYAGE before the High Court.
- Gnaw Chocolate v. Creative Nature: Advising on a claim for trade mark infringement in relation to the GNAW trademark by the use of the sign GNAWBLES before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- MAG Kitchens & Bathrooms v The Radiator & Bathroom Gallery: Advising on a claim for passing off in relation to the use of a third party brand JUST LEFROY before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- NRG v Bertermann: Advising on a cancellation action in relation to MOUNTSON before the EU Intellectual Property Office (with parallel proceedings before the German Patent & Trademark Office).