Jennifer

O'Kane

Associate

Jennifer

O'Kane

Associate

Profile

Jennifer has experience in a range of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters including cross-border patent litigation, confidential information disputes, licensing negotiations and brand protection matters. She has also advised on cases concerning unjustified threats of patent infringement resulting from delisting notifications to Amazon.

Jennifer’s matters have covered a variety of industry sectors ranging from pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to electronics and telecommunications.

Jennifer graduated with a first class master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Sheffield.

Jennifer joined Powell Gilbert in 2021.

Key Cases

  • Philip Morris v Nicoventures (heat-not-burn tobacco)
  • Carku v NOCO (lithium battery chargers)
  • CommScope v SOLiD (digital distributed antenna systems)
Qualifications

2021 Solicitor (England & Wales)

2023 Solicitor Advocate (England & Wales)

Education

MSci, (First Class Honours), University of Sheffield

Connections & Networks

Member of AIPPI and IPSoc

Awards & Recognition
Additional Facts
If I wasn’t a lawyer

I would be a botanist

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Places lived

Sydney, Sheffield and London

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Favourite music

Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version)