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Chambers & Partners 2014
'A number of great IT and telecoms barristers.'
Legal 500 2010
"an impressive set with quality from the top
silk down to the most junior barristers."
Chambers & Partners (Information Technology) 2013
'Practical and helpful clerks" provide a "smooth and personable service.'
Chambers and Partners 2011
"8 New Square brims with barristers experienced in fighting fiendishly complex, high-value IT and telecoms disputes."
Chambers & Partners (Information Technology) 2014
'A veritable powerhouse of IP expertise'
Chambers and Partners 2011
"8 New Square is undoubtedly one of the leading sets for trade mark and copyright cases within the media and entertainment sphere, so much so that stablemates here frequently find themselves pitted against each other in major cases."
Chambers & Partners (Media & Entertainment) 2014
The clerks are described as "helpful," "generous" and "very good at knowing what you want."
Chambers & Partners (Intellectual Property) 2013
"There are great people there at all levels and the clerks are very accommodating."
Chambers & Partners (Intellectual property) 2014
"Fantastic roster of talent" and recommended for being "very modern, forward-thinking and providing sound commercial advice" as well as offering instructing solicitors "a very broad skill set in the soft IP space."
Chambers & Partners 2017
'An incredibly good set for IP matters'.
Legal 500 2010
'excellence on IT matters'
Legal 500 (Information Technology) 2010
'Top drawer IP set.'
Legal 500 2010
Lindsay Lane
Lindsay Lane read Natural Sciences and Law at Cambridge. She practises in all areas of intellectual property law including patents, trade marks, copyright, database rights, registered designs, design right, passing off and confidential information and in media and entertainment law. She is recommended in the Legal 500 and in Chambers and Partners for both intellectual property and media and entertainment.
Recent notable cases include the patent cases Accord v Medac and Generics v Richter Gedeon; Wade v BSkyB, a television format case; BBC v Eos, in the Copyright Tribunal and numerous cases brought on behalf of the Premier League for copyright infringement.
Other cases of note include Schutz v Werit in the Supreme Court, a patent case about making/repair; Phones 4u v Phone4u.co.uk in the Court of Appeal on trade mark infringement and passing off; Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers, an action for copyright and breach of confidence relating to the publication of extracts from the Prince's diaries in the Mail on Sunday, and Eddie Irvine v Talksport, which established for the first time in the United Kingdom the right of celebrities to prevent false endorsement under the law of passing off. Lindsay has particular expertise in rights in databases having been instructed in BHB v William Hill and the various cases concerning rights in football-related data brought by Football Dataco.
Lindsay is also co-author of Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria on The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs.
Trade Marks and Passing Off
Lindsay has appeared in many trade mark and passing off cases, including, most recently, 32Red Plc v WHG (International) Ltd, an inquiry as to damages; A&E Television Networks LLC v Discovery Communications Europe Ltd, a case about television channel names and Numatic v Qualtex, a passing off case about the shape of Henry vacuum cleaners. Other trade mark/passing off matters include UKTV v E! Entertainment (television channel names) and Phones 4u v Phone4u.co.uk (domain names). She acted for the claimant in Eddie Irvine v Talksport Ltd, where the right of celebrities to prevent false endorsement under the law of passing off was established definitively for the first time in the UK. Lindsay was also counsel for Chipie France in the Privy Council case on appeal from the Supreme Court of Mauritius, Sprints Ltd v Comptroller of Customs. She has wide ranging experience of appearing in the trade mark registry of the IPO, as well as advising in relation to OHIM proceedings.
32Red Plc v WHG (International) Ltd (2013)
Junior Counsel for the defendant in an inquiry as to damages arising from trade mark infringement relating to an online casino.
A&E Television Networks LLC v Discovery Communications Europe Ltd [2013] ETMR 32
Passing off and trade mark infringement trial. Junior counsel for the Claimant.
Numatic International Ltd v Qualtex UK Ltd [2010] RPC 25
Passing off case concerning the shape of Henry vacuum cleaners. Junior Counsel for the Defendant.
FIFA v Jules Rimet Cup Ltd (2009)
Junior counsel for FIFA in committal proceedings for breach of consent order made in a passing off case.
Cofra Holding AG v Alexander Brenninkmeijer (2008)
Application for summary judgment on the issue of bad faith in a dispute over the use of the mark CLEMENS EN AUGUST between C&A and a member of the Brenninkmeijer family. Junior counsel for the respondent.
UKTV Channel Management Ltd v E! Entertaintment Television Inc [2008] FSR 5
Counsel for the claimant in an application for an injunction/speedy trial in a case of trade mark
infringement and passing off involving television channel names.
Phones4U Ltd v Phone4u.co.uk Internet Ltd [2007] RPC 5
Counsel for the respondent in the Court of Appeal (and at trial) in an action for passing off and trade mark infringement brought by Phones4U against the defendant in respect of his registration and use of phone4u.co.uk.
Harrison’s Trade Mark Application (“CHINAWHITE”) [2004] FSR 13
Appeal to the High Court from the Trade Mark Registry on bad faith. Counsel for Teton Valley.
Eddie Irvine v Talksport Ltd [2003] 2 All ER 881
Appeal to the Court of Appeal on quantum awarded after passing off trial (see below). Junior counsel for Eddie Irvine.
Eddie Irvine v Talksport Ltd [2002] 2 All ER 414
Passing off trial relating to the use of a doctored photograph of Eddie Irvine on a leaflet sent to potential advertisers on Talk Radio. The case has established definitively for the first time in the UK the right of celebrities to prevent false endorsement under the law of passing off. Counsel for Eddie Irvine.
Sprints Ltd v Comptroller of Customs [2000] FSR 814
PrivyCouncil case, on appeal from the Supreme Court of Mauritius Trade mark opposition by Chipie France to application for registration of CHIPIE for clothing. Counsel for Chipie France.