Simon specialises in copyright and design rights, database rights, trade marks, passing off, domain names and breach of confidence. As a litigator he has acted for clients in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Court of Justice of the EU, as well as in the IP Enterprise Court and the Copyright Tribunal, including appearing as a Solicitor Advocate. He also manages several international brand portfolios for clients.

He is particularly active for clients in the design industry, including some of the country’s leading furniture, textile, fashion and product design companies.

He also specialises in online intellectual property issues, including representing the NLA and six of the national newspapers in the proceedings brought against Meltwater and the PRCA on copyright in newspaper headlines, summaries and internet browsing.

Simon is the Honorary Secretary of BLACA (the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association), a member of the Designs Committee of INTA, a tutor on the Oxford IP Diploma course and the co-author of Intellectual Property, a text book published by Palgrave MacMillan, currently in its sixth edition. He is also a contributor to the Trade Mark Handbook and sits on the Advisory Panel of Intellectual Property Magazine.

Credentials

• LLB Hons, Cardiff University 1989
• Qualified 1992
• Partner 2000
• Solicitor Advocate