Sam Triggs

Sam Triggs is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property Group in London. His primary practice area is Patent Law, and he acts on a wide range of intellectual property matters across the Aviation & Defence, Life Sciences, and Technology & Communications sectors.

He is an experienced IP litigator, with expertise in safeguarding and enforcing a range of intellectual property assets, including both patents and copyright.

His patent litigation record in the High Court spans a number of sectors and includes advising a client in its successful defence against a claim from a competitor for infringement of three CPAP-related patents (Resmed v FPH) and, later, the same client's successful claim for infringement of a patent for ventilator circuit technology (FPH v Flexicare). He has also advised on a successful claim for infringement in a FRAND technical trial relating to UMTS (3G) functionality (InterDigital v Lenovo), and acted in extensive, multi-trial patent proceedings relating to numerous aspects of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, encompassing electronics, systems architecture and networking, materials science, and medical device design (Dexcom v Abbott).

His work in the Aviation & Defence sectors includes acting for a client in its defence of an infringement claim relating to its ejection seats (AMI v Martin-Baker), which entailed accounting for UK export-controlled and US ITAR-controlled information. Recent patent advisory work has encompassed a number of software-related matters, involving 'traditional' and AI-assisted real-time image processing for live broadcast, and generative AI-assisted networking and database optimisation.

His recent copyright experience includes advising Stability AI on the high-profile litigation with Getty Images in relation to its 'Stable Diffusion' generative AI model. Other key copyright-related work has included assisting a major publisher in investigating potential employee infringement of the copyright in third-party-owned and business-critical publishing software, where he assisted the business in conducting its internal investigation, including employee interviews, and developing best practices for future work.

Through two long secondments, he has advised clients on designing and implementing transformative projects for their businesses, giving him insight into the competing demands that businesses and in-house counsel face, reflected in his client-centric approach to delivering advice.