About the Author

Nicholas Fox, a solicitor specialising in electronic patent litigation at Simmons & Simmons is qualified as both a European and a Chartered British patent attorney. He initially qualified as a barrister and is also admitted to the bar of the state of New York.

He was the advocate in the High Court on behalf of the Oneida Indian Nation on appeal against a decision of the Comptroller and on behalf of a consortium of four small British companies prompting a change of policy of the UK-IPO towards claims directed to computer readable media.

He has taught on the JDD European Qualifying Examination course since 2003, lectures on litigation for the European Patent Academy and is a guest lecturer for the M.Sc. and 

He is a joint author, together with Derek Jackson and Paul Denerley, of the Advice for passing the European Qualifying Examination booklet available from the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys.

A selection of articles written by the author can be accessed here.