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Zoë Butler is a partner, and founder, of Powell Gilbert, a specialist European IP firm with offices in London, Dusseldorf and Dublin.

Zoë is a UPC Representative, UK Solicitor and Solicitor Advocate, and Irish Solicitor. She is particularly known for her expertise in advising clients in complex patent disputes, often with an international element,. Zoë has been involved in many multi-jurisdictional disputes, working with advisors from across Asia, Europe and North America, and, in many instances, has taken a role in coordinating such litigation.

She has acted in many commercially significant and precedent-setting cases relating to a broad range of technologies and industry sectors, including recently telecoms, electronics/software, video-codec, LEDs, semi-conductors, robotics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology (including biosimilars). Zoë advises on issues arising from international technology standards, such as patent pools, licensing and FRAND, and counsels on patent litigation strategies before national and UPC courts. Zoë also has extensive experience of European Patent Office opposition proceedings and has represented clients in arbitration proceedings and mediations relating to technology contract disputes.

Zoë is a committee member of the UK Intellectual Property Lawyers’ Association and sits on the UK IP Court Users’ Committee. She is an active member of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), in particular EPLAW’s Japan Outreach initiative. She has taught on the Oxford University Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice and contributes to the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorney’s Guide to the Patents Acts, one of the key textbooks on patent law and practice in the UK.