England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Fieldfisher
Routinely advising clients from technology, life sciences, media and retail sectors, Fieldfisher’s ‘comprehensive yet tailored’ practice has expertise in handling confidential information and trade secrets, copyright and database rights, alongside managing high profile trade mark portfolios and representing clients in various disputes. The practice is jointly led by Leighton Cassidy, who has particular expertise in trade marks and designs across a variety of sectors, and John Linneker, who has recently acted for clients in high profile disputes, such as the Sky plc v SkyKick Inc case. Hastings Guise often supports businesses in the launch of new brands, coordinating multi-jurisdictional clearance and trade mark protection projects, while Amy Reynolds has notable expertise in the trade mark sphere. Key contact Nick Rose is known for his considerable experience in IP litigation and routinely handles matters for clients in the media and entertainment, technology, retail, and sports sectors. James Seadon’s capabilities encompass copyright, database rights, and trade secrets, to name a few. Harriet Seymour is also recommended.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team are incredible to work with. They were hard-working, efficient and thorough. But more importantly they worked as a team through some very difficult times and in the face of some testing developments.’
‘James Seadon is the standout individual for me as the partner instructing me. He embodies each of the qualities of the team described above. More than anything he is incredibly pleasant to work with.’
‘Fieldfisher offers a full range of copyright and trademark protection services that is comprehensive and yet tailored to the needs of individual clients.'
'Chris Leung is a very capable associate with real technical acumen.’
‘Harriet Seymour is an excellent partner and a pleasure to work with. Harriet's trademark knowledge is vast, and she delivers advice that is both pragmatic and sensitive to the business needs of her clients.’
‘Team has excellent commercial and legal knowledge and service is excellent from the most junior to the most senior members of the team.’
‘Nick Rose stands out for soft IP work. Always gets to the nub of an issue, whether factual, legal or tactical.’
‘John Linneker fights hard for his clients and gets excellent results by doing so.’
Key clients
- SkyKick, Inc.
- Getty Images Group
- Sazerac Company, Inc.
- Oh Polly Limited
- Google, Inc.
- Peloton Interactive, Inc
- Genius Sports Ltd
- MGA Entertainment
- Borough Market
- Currys (formerly Dixons Carphone)
- Smart LLC
- FitBit, Inc
- EYGS LLP
- Dell EMC
- Crocs, Inc.
- Take-Two Interactive Software
- Entertainment One UK Limited
- Devolver Digital Ltd
- TotalEnergies
Work highlights
- Advising Getty Images Group, which has issued legal proceedings in the High Court against Stability AI claiming infringement of copyright and other rights relating to the latter's unauthorised use of Getty Images' content in order to train its artificially intelligent image generating product, Stability Diffusion.
- Advising SkyKick, Inc. in its defence of trade mark infringement proceedings brought by Sky Ltd, the well-known broadcaster, in relation to use of the word 'SKYKICK'. These proceedings have been in the High Court, the CJEU, the Court of Appeal and will be heard in the Supreme Court in June 2023.
- Acting for Google on a trade mark infringement and passing off action brought against its use of YOUTUBE SHORTS, as well as on trade mark prosecution and enforcement matters.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Leighton Cassidy, John Linneker