"8 New Square brims with barristers experienced in fighting fiendishly complex, high-value IT and telecoms disputes."
Chambers & Partners 2014
"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
"8 New Square brims with barristers experienced in fighting fiendishly complex, high-value IT and telecoms disputes."
Chambers & Partners (Information Technology) 2014
'Top drawer IP set.'
Legal 500 2010
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
'excellence on IT matters'
Legal 500 (Information Technology) 2010
"an impressive set with quality from the top
silk down to the most junior barristers."
Chambers & Partners (Information Technology) 2013
'A number of great IT and telecoms barristers.'
Legal 500 2010
'Practical and helpful clerks" provide a "smooth and personable service.'
Chambers and Partners 2011
'A veritable powerhouse of IP expertise'
Chambers and Partners 2011
Coward v Phaestos and ors [2013] EWHC 1292 (Ch)
Case Summary | Judgment | 17 May 2013
Five members of 8 New Square appeared in this 3 week High Court before Asplin J.
Richard Meade QC, Adrian Speck QC, James Abrahams, Iona Berkeley and Elspeth Talbot Rice QC were for the IKOS parties instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. This High Court action involved a dispute as to the ownership of the intellectual property rights in certain software used by the financial investment business, IKOS.
The case also concerned a claim for copyright infringement and breach of confidence. The intellectual property rights ownership dispute involved matters of partnership law. The case also involved detailed issues concerning the authorship of the software in issue. The three week High Court trial was heard in March 2013 before Asplin J. Judgment was handed down on 22 May 2013. The Judge found for the IKOS parties, finding that the intellectual property rights in the software in issue were owned by the IKOS parties and that Dr Coward was liable for copyright infringement and breach of confidence. Ashton Chantrielle of 8 New Square appearing with 4 other Counsel, instructed by Lewis Silkin LLP, were for Dr Coward.