Luke Maunder

Luke is a Partner in our Intellectual Property Disputes team. Aided by his background in computer science and his love of technology, he focuses on supporting clients in the technology and interactive entertainment sectors. He is the deputy sub-sector leader of the global tech sector group.

Luke's patent litigation experience encompasses telecoms (across various ETSI and WiFi standards), video encoding, AI / machine learning, quantum computing, encryption, oil drilling, biodiesel production, LED lighting, beer dispensers, hi-tech medical equipment, as well as entitlement issues. He also has experience advising various well-known technology, interactive entertainment and media companies on disputes concerning copyright and other intellectual property rights.

Luke also has a decade of experience advising on FRAND licensing disputes and novel jurisdictional issues. As a result, he frequently advises leading technology companies on their multi-jurisdiction SEP and FRAND strategy and litigation. He has a substantial knowledge of UK FRAND case law built up from acting in numerous SEP and FRAND cases for patentees and for implementers, and from having previously co-hosted a FRAND podcast. Before joining Osborne Clarke in 2023, Luke acted for ZTE in its 2020 landmark appeal to the UK Supreme Court in its Standard Essential Patent (SEP) and FRAND dispute with Conversant Wireless (having previously acted in Unwired Planet's dispute with Huawei, Samsung and Google). This, and his jurisdiction expertise, led to his work on the first implementer-led FRAND action in the UK (Vestel v Access Advance & Philips) in 2021, as well as to him acting for Avanci in a claim brought by Tesla.

Separately, Luke is an avid gamer and channels that into being an active member of Osborne Clarke's interactive entertainment team. As part of that team, he advises on sector-specific disputes as well as on IP licensing.

Luke has managed cases at all levels of the English Courts (including the IPEC, High Court, Court of Appeal and UK Supreme Court), as well as in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Luke is a member of the British Computer Society and is the secretary for the IPEC Users' Committee. In his personal time, he enjoys video gaming, adding new tech to his home, and running.

Luke was named as a Rising Star or Notable Practitioner by Managing IP in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world

I am a big technology geek as well as a gamer. I spend lots of my spare time reading about and playing with new tech at home, as well as playing computer games. I love discussing the latest games and tech, and enjoy meeting the people responsible for creating them. Family and community are also very important to me. I am a working parent who actively supports initiatives to ensure good work/life balance and shared parental leave. I believe that taking time for family and investing in my local community ensures that I bring my best self to work.