Simon Bennett

Commerce and technology; intellectual property.

Simon advises clients in a variety of intellectual property matters ranging from patents, trade marks and passing off to copyright and designs and breach of confidence in sectors including fashion, new media, financial services and IT. He is experienced in many types of dispute resolution including arbitration, mediation, High Court, Court of Appeal, Copyright Tribunal, Trade Marks Registry and European Patent Office. In addition he has extensive experience advising clients in relation to their IP rights, including the drafting of commercial agreements relating to these rights. He has also advised clients on their IP portfolios and strategies to further enhance and protect existing rights. Simon has particular expertise in advising clients in the fashion industry on infringements of their designs. Simon co-authored ‘The User’s Guide to Design Law’, published by Bloomsbury Publishing. He recently won a design right dispute in the UK High Court for client Superdry against Animal and his approach has been described as ‘ferocious’ (‘The Evening Standard’ 15 February 2011) and a ‘consummate professional who is also pragmatic and wise’ by WTR 2015. Simon has never lost a domain name dispute.

The London Oratory School; University College Swansea (1992 first class degree, hons, Politics and Russian Studies); University of Westminster (1993 CPE Dip Law commendation); College of Law (1994 LPC commendation).