Daniel practises in all areas of intellectual property law and commercial disputes involving the same, including patents, trademarks, passing off, copyright, designs and confidential information.
Cases illustrating the breadth of Daniel’s practice include: TQ Delta v Zyxel (patents, ADSL2/2+, VDSL2 technology); Alcon v Aspire (patents, fluprostenol isopropyl ester); Puma v Nike (trade marks, Footware mark); Nokia v Oppo (patent, 4G LTE transmission; Juve Patent “Top 10 patent case of 2022”); Dr Reddy’s and NHS Scotland v Warner-Lambert (patent damages inquiry; selected by The Lawyer as one of the “Top 20 Cases of 2023”); Swatch v Samsung (trade marks, Swiss watch brands; Managing IP “Impact Case of the Year 2024”); Lidl v Tesco (trade marks, passing off and copyright, Tesco’s Clubcard; selected by The Lawyer as one of the “Top 10 Appeals of 2024”); M&S v Aldi (registered designs, “light up gin bottles”); Shorts v Google (trade marks and passing off, YouTube Shorts); and Merck Serono (patents, cladribine for relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis, SPCs).
A full CV is available on Daniel’s Chambers’ website, accessible here:
Called 2013, Lincoln's Inn; previously a Fellow of Oxford University (Bionanotechnology); Contributing author to Terrell on the Law of Patents (19th and 20th editions), the leading practitioner textbook on UK patent law.
English (native), Italian (native, but rusty), French (basic), Spanish (basic), Arabic (basic).
Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association.
2005 St Hugh’s College, Oxford University (MBiochem (Hons) degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (Distinction, 1st Class)); 2006 Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre (transitioned from the Life-Sciences into the Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences); 2009 DPhil in Physics (Bionanotechnology): ‘DNA Lattices and Protein Arrays – Novel Approaches to Biological Structure Determination’; 2009-11 St Cross College, Oxford University (Junior Research Fellow); 2012 Oxford Brookes University (Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction)); 2013 City University (Bar Professional Training Course).