Siddharth Kusumakar

Siddharth Kusumakar is a partner with Powell Gilbert LLP in London.  An IP litigator with a scientific background, Sidd advises clients across a broad range of technologies, especially in disputes having an international element and involving complex technical issues.

Sidd specializes in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices fields, and has considerable experience of actively assisting with litigation in various European courts and the coordination with parallel US litigation.  He also advises on freedom to operate, regulatory issues and matters of confidential information.

He has represented clients in litigation before the UK Patents Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court – including some of the most high profile patent cases to come before the UK courts in recent years – as well as in European Patent Office proceedings.

Sidd joined Powell Gilbert as an associate in 2012, and became a partner in 2019.