Hugh Laddie

April 15, 1946 (age 62)

He was considered one of the leading English judges and academics in the field of intellectual property law. He was co-author of the Modern Law of Copyright (1980). He became a barrister in 1969. He is credited with having invented the Anton Piller order while still a junior. After 25 years at the Intellectual Property bar, he was appointed as a High Court judge in April 1995, and joined the Chancery Division, mainly hearing cases in the Patents Court. He resigned from his post as a judge in 2005 "because he found it boring" and felt isolated on the bench. He became a consultant for Willoughby & Partners, an Intellectual Property boutique and United Kingdom legal arm of Rouse & Company International, a move which was criticized by some. He is thought to be the first High Court judge to resign voluntarily in 35 years, and the first subsequently to join a firm of solicitors. Number one since Sir Henry Fisher, in 1970, had resigned from the bench. He was appointed to a Chair in Intellectual Property Law at University College London, with effect from 1 September 2006. He founded there the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law. The Sir Hugh Laddie chair in Intellectual Property has subsequently been established at University College London.

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Laddie was educated at Aldenham School and Street Catharine"s College, Cambridge. He studied medicine but changed to law.

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He was considered one of the leading English judges and academics in the field of intellectual property law. He was co-author of the Modern Law of Copyright (1980). He became a barrister in 1969.

He is credited with having invented the Anton Piller order while still a junior.

After 25 years at the Intellectual Property bar, he was appointed as a High Court judge in April 1995, and joined the Chancery Division, mainly hearing cases in the Patents Court. He resigned from his post as a judge in 2005 "because he found it boring" and felt isolated on the bench.

He became a consultant for Willoughby & Partners, an Intellectual Property boutique and United Kingdom legal arm of Rouse & Company International, a move which was criticized by some. He is thought to be the first High Court judge to resign voluntarily in 35 years, and the first subsequently to join a firm of solicitors.

Number one since Sir Henry Fisher, in 1970, had resigned from the bench.

He was appointed to a Chair in Intellectual Property Law at University College London, with effect from 1 September 2006. He founded there the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law. The Sir Hugh Laddie chair in Intellectual Property has subsequently been established at University College London.

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