"8 New Square brims with barristers experienced in fighting fiendishly complex, high-value IT and telecoms disputes."
Chambers & Partners (Information Technology) 2014
'excellence on IT matters'
Legal 500 (Information Technology) 2010
'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
'Top drawer IP set.'
Legal 500 2010
"There are great people there at all levels and the clerks are very accommodating."
Chambers & Partners (Intellectual property) 2014
"8 New Square brims with barristers experienced in fighting fiendishly complex, high-value IT and telecoms disputes."
Chambers & Partners 2014
'A veritable powerhouse of IP expertise'
Chambers and Partners 2011
The clerks are described as "helpful," "generous" and "very good at knowing what you want."
Chambers & Partners (Intellectual Property) 2013
"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
"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
'An incredibly good set for IP matters'.
Legal 500 2010
'Practical and helpful clerks" provide a "smooth and personable service.'
Chambers and Partners 2011
HTC v Apple [2012] EWHC 1789 (Pat)
Case Summary | Judgment | 4 July 2012
On 4 July 2012, Mr Justice Floyd handed down judgment in HTC v Apple [2012] EWHC 1789 (Pat). This was a major patents action, concerning 4 Apple patents which relate to the way in which smartphones operate, including the famous "slide to unlock" patent. HTC were represented by a team of barristers from 8 New Square, comprising Daniel Alexander QC, Richard Meade QC, Michael Tappin QC, Andrew Lykiardopoulos, James Abrahams and Isabel Jamal (instructed by Powell Gilbert). The 8 New Square team secured a complete victory for HTC: all 4 patents were found to be invalid, not infringed, or both.