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Adrian Speck KC
Adrian Speck KC
Barrister (KC) specialising in all aspects of intellectual property, media and entertainment, and information technology. IP areas include patents, trade marks, copyright, passing off, confidential information, registered and unregistered designs, M&E areas include broadcasting (terrestrial and satellite), publishing, performers' rights, moral rights. IT specialisms include internet law, database rights, telecommunications. Also specialises in jurisdiction disputes relating to all of the above. Recent cases include SkyKick v. Sky (trade marks and bad faith); Unwired Planet v. Huawei (telecoms patents; FRAND); Conversant v. Huawei & ZTE (telecoms patents; FRAND; jurisdiction); Regeneron v. Kymab (transgenic mouse patent); Actavis v. ICOS (pharmaceutical patent); Warner Lambert v. Generics & Actavis (second medical use patent); and Cartier v. BskyB (trade mark infringement over the Internet; injunction against ISPs). For comprehensive CV visit chambers website at www.8newsquare.co.uk
Fiona Clark
Fiona Clark
Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property law including related contractual and EU matters, breach of confidence, trade libel and geographical designations of origin; has a particular interest in trade marks and in copyright and designs (both registered and unregistered); also has extensive experience of product branding (particularly in the food and beverage, fashion and lifestyle sectors) and in media and entertainment law; practice embraces a wide range of cases with technical content covering areas such as mechanical and construction engineering, architectural design and textiles. Please see website entry at www.8newsquare.co.uk for recent cases.
Isabel Jamal
Isabel Jamal
Isabel's practice focuses particularly on large and technically complex patent cases. Isabel’s practice also covers other areas of intellectual property law including trade marks, passing off, copyright and registered and unregistered design rights. Recent highlights include being the one of the lead advocates representing PanOptis against Apple in the trial and the appeal  dealing with the “unwilling licensee” issue in their ongoing FRAND dispute, representing Abbott against Dexcom in a patent dispute relating to glucose monitoring devices,  and representing Unwired Planet and Conversant in the Supreme Court in their respective FRAND disputes. For a comprehensive CV visit chambers website at www.8newsquare.co.uk.
Jaani Riordan
Jaani Riordan
Junior with technical background in computer science and expertise in all fields of intellectual property, media and IT disputes. Particular experience in disputes involving the internet, telecoms, cybersecurity and AI. Author of leading textbook on intermediary liability. Regularly instructed in website blocking orders, interim injunctions, jurisdiction disputes, and IP/licensing arbitrations. Recent cases include: Warner Music v TuneIn [2021] EWCA Civ 441 (copyright); Facebook v Voxer [2021] EWHC 1377 (video streaming patent); Insulet v Roche [2021] EWHC 1933 (medical device patent); Apple v Swatch [2021] EWHC 719 (trade marks); TOT v Vodafone [2021] EWHC 46 (trade secrets; jurisdiction); Wheat v Google [2020] EWHC 27 (jurisdiction); SEL v BDL [2020] EWHC 2004 (IT contract damages inquiry).
James Abrahams KC
James Abrahams KC
James Abrahams KC is a leading silk in patent litigation and all other areas of intellectual property law. He has wide experience in all areas of IP, including patents, trade marks and passing off, copyright, designs and confidential information. James is particularly well-known for his work in high-tech patent litigation, in fields such as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, advanced medical devices and engineering. Clients particularly appreciate his strategic focus on their business objectives, whether by litigation or otherwise. For further details and a list of recent cases, see www.8newsquare.co.uk/barrister/james-abrahams
James Whyte
James Whyte
Barrister specialising in intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on technically complex patent cases in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, telecoms and electronics. Scheduled trials include Orderly Mind v QueueIt (website queueing), Mara v DSM (algal fatty acid production), Samsung BioEpis v Alexion (antibody drug), Hill v Touchlight (DNA production). Recent cases include Abbott v DexCom (glucose sensors), Gilead v NuCana (nucleoside derivatives), InterDigital v Lenovo (telecoms), Optis v Apple (telecoms), Insulet v Roche (insulin pumps), Royalty Pharma v Boehringer Ingelheim (royalty dispute under German law), GSK v Fibrogen (iron deficiency drugs; settled shortly before trial), Conversant v Huawei (telecoms), Illumina v Ariosa (cell-free foetal DNA enrichment), Silence v Alnylam (RNAi; settled shortly before trial), Pacific Biosciences v Oxford Nanopore (DNA sequencing; settled shortly before trial), Illumina v Premaitha (prenatal diagnosis), Regeneron v Kymab (antibody engineering).
James St Ville KC
James St Ville KC
James St.Ville is a barrister specialising in intellectual property and IT law, including patents, EPO oppositions, confidential information, registered designs, unregistered design rights, copyright, database rights, trade marks, passing off, trade libel, and IT and computer contract disputes many of which deal with complex engineering, electronics and software.  He is a chartered engineer with substantial experience of commercial electronics, optical communications and engineering research.  He has expertise in interim injunctions including search orders, Norwich Pharmacal orders, disk imaging orders, delivery up of source code, ex-parte injunctions to identify and deal with computer hackers, jurisdiction disputes, pre-action disclosure, third party disclosure, UK Border Agency seizures and disputes over letters of request and the examination of witnesses for the purpose of foreign proceedings.  Recent cases include Cabo v MGA (ongoing 2021 – alleged threats of patent infringement proceedings and breaches of competition law), Centek v Giles (2020 - breach of confidence, copyright and committal for contempt), TQ Delta v ZyXEL [2020] FSR 10 (CA) (SEPs and FRAND/RAND determination), Prosyscor v Netsweeper (2019 - internet authentication), Spin Master v PMS [2017] Bus LR 1627 (registered designs), Epoch v Character Options [2017] FSR 42 (water fusible polyhedral beads), Positec v Husqvarna [2016] Bus LR 714 (robotic lawn mowers), VPG v Air-Weigh [2016] FSR 4 (vehicle weighing) and Procter and Gamble v Star Global [2016] RPC 19 (parallel imports).
Lindsay Lane KC
Barrister specialising in all areas of IP and media and entertainment. Recent and notable cases include the following. Patents and SPCs: Ensygnia v Shell (QR codes); Optis v Apple (2 trials and 3 appeals; mobile phones); Alcon v Pharmathen (glaucoma treatment); Novartis v Teva (interim injunction application); Promptu v Sky (voice recognition); Ablynx v VHSquared (jurisdiction); Teva v MSD and Teva v Gilead (SPCs relating to treatments for AIDS); Accord v Medac (formulation of methotrexate); Mylan v Gedeon Richter (emergency contraception) and Schutz v Werit (which went to the Supreme Court on the issue of repair). Trade marks and passing off: Lifestyle Equities v Santa Barbara Polo Club (jurisdiction); Land Rover’s Trade Mark Application (for the 3D Defender mark); R v Secretary of State for Health (standardised packaging for tobacco) and Karen Millen v Karen Millen Fashions. Design rights: Chiaro v Mayborn (breast pumps); Rothy’s v Giesswein (shoes); Shnuggle v Munchkin (baby baths). Copyright and database right: Genius Sports v Soft Construct (sports data); 77M v Ordnance Survey (database right in maps); Football Dataco v Stan James and Football Dataco v Sportradar (rights in football data; both referred to the CJEU) and BBC v Eos (Copyright Tribunal). Breach of confidence: Wade v BSkyB (television format); Force India v 1 Malaysia Racing Team (trial and appeal on liability and quantum relating to F1 cars). For a comprehensive CV visit www.8newsquare.co.uk
Mark Chacksfield KC
Mark Chacksfield KC
Mark is a highly regarded silk with an outstanding reputation in complex pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and telecoms patent actions, but also attracting a loyal following across the entire range of IP and media cases.  He is praised for his deep understanding of the law, innovative and inventive mind, and his impressive work ethic. Mark has a preeminent reputation in multijurisdictional FRAND litigation, having acted in all of the leading UK FRAND actions, including Unwired Planet v Huawei, Nokia v Oppo, InterDigital v Lenovo and Optis v Apple, as well as the jurisdictionally important pair of Kigen and Vestel.  In the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical field Mark has litigated many of the world’s largest blockbuster products, including FKB v. AbbVie (adalimumab), Pfizer v Roche (bevacizumab), Actavis v Icos (tadalafil), Lilly v Genentech (IL-17A/F), and Hospira v. Genentech (trastuzumab). Additionally, Mark represents broadcasters, record companies, picture libraries and well-known personalities in copyright/privacy claims, as well as acting in musical copyright actions concerning substantial hits.  
Martin Howe KC
Martin Howe KC
Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property (patents, trade marks, copyrights, designs, confidential information etc) and EU and post-Brexit law on free movement of goods and services; many hi-tech cases, with particular emphasis on computing, information technology and internet; also extensive experience in biotechnology/genetic engineering cases; regularly appears before the EPO in Munich and (pre-exit) before ECJ in Luxembourg. Please see website entry at www.8newsquare.co.uk for recent cases.