8 New Square Intellectual Property

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.

Called 1982, Middle Temple; senior editor ‘Encyclopedia of United Kingdom & European Patent Law’. Editor of both the Fleet Street Reports and the Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases. Author of Atkins Court Forms Trade Marks (2012) and Copyright and Designs (2009) titles and co-author of The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs (4th Ed).

French, German.

Intellectual Property Bar Association (IPBA); Chancery Bar Association; Associated Member of The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys.

Trinity College, Cambridge (MA).