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Litigation

Our litigation practice advises on all aspects of dispute resolution with a particular focus on ownership, exploitation and infringement of intellectual property rights and commercial disputes in the technology sector.

We listen to your commercial goals, give you clear advice on the strength of your case and develop the best strategy to ensure your rights are protected and enforced as cost-effectively as possible.

Practice areas

With experience in English High Court and multi-jurisdiction litigation, arbitration and mediation, our main practice areas are:

Infringement of Intellectual Property including:
- Infringement of copyright and database rights
- Misuse of confidential information
- Design right infringement
- Cyper-squatting and domain name disputes
- Trade mark infringement and passing-off
- Patent infringement and validity

Resolution of contractual disputes relating to:
- Software development and licensing
- Data and content delivery
- Under-performance on IT and outsourcing agreements
- Technology transfer, R&D and collaboration agreements
- Digital commerce

Our recent experience includes:

Acting for a leading supplier of software and IT solutions to the airline industry in relation to cross-border patent infringement proceedings
Acting for a sim and device management solutions provider in the defence of a breach of contract claim by a leading mobile phone network operators
Advising one of the world's largest stock exchanges in a dispute with a competitor over the misuse of our client's market data
Providing advice on brand protection and domain name dispute management to a leading mobile and telecoms network provider
Acting for a worldwide luxury cosmetics group in relation to patent infringement and copyright infringement claims.

Law firm rankings

We are recommended for Intellectual Property in the 2011 PLC, Legal 500, Chambers Global and Chambers UK guides while Paul Garland is listed as a leading individual in PLC, Chambers Global and Chambers UK.

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