Douglas Campbell

Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property and information technology law. Silk 2016, Appointed Recorder in 2010, Deputy High Court Judge in 2015. Former member of Attorney-General's Panel of Junior Counsel, 2010-2015. Called to Bar of Ireland in 2021, Unified Patent Court (UPC) legal representative as of May 2024..Registered as a legal practitioner in the Dubai International Financial Centre in May 2024, and appeared as leading counsel in the first intellectual property case heard there under the DIFC IP Law.  Editor of Terrell on the Law of Patents, published in its 20th edition as the leading practitioner text on UK patent law.

Has acted for many leading companies in the electronics, telecommunications, chemical, pharmaceutical, technology, consumer products and other industries. Recent UK cases include Marks & Spencer v Aldi [2024] EWCA Civ 178 (registered design), Industrial Cleaning Equipment (Southampton) Ltd v Intelligent Cleaning Equipment Holdings, [2023] EWCA Civ 1451 (trade mark,  acquiescence, departure from retained EU law), Interdigital v Lenovo [2023] EWCA Civ 34, [2023] EWHC 1577 (Pat), [2023] EWHC 172 (Pat) (patent for 4G/LTE mobile telecommunications); Dr Reddy’s v Warner-Lambert [2023] EWCA Civ 73, [2022] EWHC 189 (Pat), (damages enquiry on cross-undertaking, abuse of process); Neurim v Teva [2022] EWHC 1641 (Pat) (interim injunction, pharmaceutical patent); Fit Kitchen v Scratch Meals [2022] WLUK 350 (trade mark, equitable defences); Salt Ship v Prysmian [2021] EWHC 3583 (Comm) (designs, trade secrets, and publicity order); Planet Art LLc v Photobox [2020] ETMR 35 (trade mark, passing off, whether mark descriptive) Freshasia Foods v Lu [2019] EWHC 638 (Ch) (confidential information, restrictive covenants) Frank v Nike [2018] EWHC 1893 (Ch), [2018] EWCA Civ 497 (trade mark, interim injunction, social media); AP Racing v Alcon Components [2018] EWCA Civ 1420 (patent); Cantel Medical v Arc [2018] EWHC 345 (Pat) (patent, medical devices, designs); London Taxi v Frazer Nash [2018] FSR 7, CA (shape trade mark); Icescape v Ice World [2019] FSR 5, CA (leading CA case on patent infringement; entitlement to priority); Comic v Fox [2016] FSR 31, CA (validity of a series of trade marks); [2016] FSR 30, CA (leading UK case on trade mark infringement; “Glee” TV programme); Teva v Boehringer Ingelheim [2015] EWHC 2963 (patent, pharmaceuticals); Phil & Ted’s Most Excellent Buggy Co v TFK Trends for Kids [2014] EWCA Civ 469, [2013] EWPCC 21 (patent);  Vector v Glatt [2007] EWCA Civ 805, CA (added matter, patent); Coflexip v Stena Offshore [2004] FSR 34, CA (estoppel, damages); Stena v Irish Ferries [2003] RPC 668, CA (special defences to patent infringement); Helmet Integrated Systems Ltd v Tunnard [2007] FSR 34 16, CA (employee’s duties); Dyson v Qualtex [2006] RPC 31, CA (design right); Thermos v Aladdin [2002] FSR 11 (CA) (registered design).

Dollar Academy, Dollar; Hertford College, Oxford (1988 First Class Hons with Distinction in Quantum Chemistry); City University, London (1992 Diploma in Law with Distinction); Inner Temple Major scholarship. Pegasus Scholar to Mallesons Stephen Jacques, Melbourne, Australia, in 1996.