Simon has an extensive IP practice, covering trade marks, passing off, copyright, IT/computer software, media/entertainment, collective/certification marks, PDOs and GIs, confidential information and designs. He also handles commercial cases with an intellectual property element. He appears regularly in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and General Court of the EU, as well appearing in or advising on proceedings before the UKIPO and EUIPO.
Please note that Simon is a fully qualified member of the Bar of Ireland and is a member of the Law Library in Dublin. Thus, with full rights of audience before the Courts of an EU Member State, he continues to:
accept instructions to represent parties before the General Court of the European Union in trade mark appeals from the EUIPO, where he has acted in over 100 such proceedings. advise clients on EU law and disputes with a pan-EU element advise clients and draft documents in proceedings before the EUIPOAppointed KC 2016, Called 1997, Inner Temple.
Appointed to A Panel of Attorney-General’s Panel of Counsel in March 2014 (previously on B Panel 2008-13).
Appointed to Attorney-General’s FOI Panel in 2010.
English
IP Bar Association
CITMA
Bar Pro Bono Unit
Sydney, Australia (BA); London (LLB); New School, New York (MA)