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Myra Sae-Heng

Myra Sae‑Heng

Managing Associate

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Myra Sae-Heng is a Managing Associate in the Intellectual Property team in the Innovation department. She specialises in complex patent disputes across the life sciences and technology sectors.

Myra has over a decade of experience advising clients in high-value disputes involving pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and telecommunications technologies. She has acted on all stages of patent litigation, from pre-action risk assessment and strategic planning through to trial, appeal and the coordination of multi-jurisdictional disputes.

She has represented clients before both the High Court and Court of Appeal and has particular experience in standard essential patent and FRAND disputes, and has advised on some of the leading cases in the UK High Court in this field.

Alongside a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from the University of Oxford, she holds both an MSci and a PhD in Chemistry from Imperial College London.

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Key Experience

  • Advising a global biopharmaceutical client in relation to UK patent proceedings concerning various blockbuster pharmaceutical products and the associated pan-European litigation strategy
  • Advising Amgen in Pfizer, Regeneron, Janssen v Amgen in relation to a bispecific antibody therapy for the treatment of cancer
  • Advising Amgen in Amgen v Accord in relation to cinacalcet, a calcimimetic drug used in the treatment of disorders of calcium and bone metabolism (settled shortly before trial)
  • Advising Immunex in Aventis Pharma v Immunex in relation to antibodies targeting the IL-4 receptor for the treatment of inflammatory diseases
  • Advising in multi-jurisdictional SEP/FRAND patent disputes, including key cases such as Alcatel v Amazon / Amazon v Nokia, Optis v Apple, IP Bridge v Huawei, Conversant v Huawei & ZTE, and Unwired Planet v Google, Samsung & Huawei

Career History

Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Senior Associate, EIP Europe LLP
Associate, EIP Europe LLP
Trainee Solicitor, EIP Europe LLP
University of Oxford, PGDip in Intellectual Property Law and Practice
BPP University, LPC
BPP University, GDL
Imperial College London, PhD in Chemistry
Imperial College London, MSci in Chemistry with Research Abroad

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