How we've helped our clients

Examples of our recent instructions include:

• Acting for a famous fashion house to prevent the sale of counterfeit clothing by a UK based international trader
• Acting for the "Stig" in a recent dispute with the BBC relating to alleged acts of breach of confidence
• Obtaining two interim injunctions in India to restrain acts of trade mark infringement
• Conducting numerous brand clearance searches for several well-known companies
• Representing an unpublished author in a copyright dispute with a well known publishing house and author
• Representing a US brand in passing off action relating to the production and sale of themed costumes
• Advising a US media company in relation to merchandising its rights in a successful television series
• Conducting a private criminal prosecution relating to sale of counterfeit electrical goods
• Acting for a leading toy company against several well-known retailers which were selling unlawful parallel imported products
• Advising a well-known US footwear and clothing brand in relation to preventing the sale of "look-alike" infringing goods in the UK
• Advising on injunctive relief relating to infringement of a patent covering a telecommunication system
• Advising companies in the food, packaging and mobile industry on patent infringement issues
• Conducting Company Names Tribunal complaints for an internationally renowned publishing house
• Advising a well-known brand in relation to distribution and agency agreements in a number of EU countries
• Advising a high profile figure in relation to a 'phone tapping' claim against the News of the World
• Defending a claim for breach of confidence and database rights which was brought on a without notice basis and involved the issue of an interim injunction and search and delivery-up order
• Acting as supervising solicitors on the execution of search and seizure orders