Sir George Harold Lloyd-Jacob (1 October 1897 – 5 December 1969) was a British High Court judge who was notable for his work in patent law. In 1950, he was appointed to the Chancery Division and became the first judge to specialise in patents. Lloyd-Jacob was born in

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, Middlesex, one of 10 children born to John Lloyd-Jacob and Jane Catherine Park. He was educated at

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and

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. In the First World War, he saw service with the

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and served in the

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from 1918–21. He was called to the bar in 1893 and

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in 1945. From 1937–45, Lloyd-Jacob served as junior counsel to the Board of Trade on patent matters. He was appointed to the High Court in January 1950 and was knighted by King

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the next month. In 1967, in a 49-day patent case he was hearing, defendants

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– who were being sued over a dispute over engine patents – insured Lloyd-Jacob's life for £100,000 until the end of the case. He died unexpectedly in

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at age 72.

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