Ian De Freitas
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Work Department
Intellectual property.
Position
Partner handling all forms of intellectual property and information technology disputes. Also deals with privacy, defamation and brand protection issues. Reported cases include: Hutchinson Personal Communication Ltd v Hook Advertising Ltd [1995] FSR 365 (secondary infringement of copyright); Source Ltd v TUV Rheinland Holding AG [1997] 3 WLR 365 (jurisdiction in contract/tort disputes); Equipment and Controls Cayman Islands Ltd v L M Solutions (UK) Ltd [2000] All ER (D) 1685 (adequacy of undertakings offered in lieu of an injunction); USP Strategies plc v London General Holdings Limited (the Times 30 April 2004) (legal professional privilege and third party disclosure); London General Holdings Ltd v USP Plc [2006] FSR6 (basis on which damages are awarded for infringement of copyright); Bouverie No1 Ltd v De Vere Hotels & Leisure Ltd [2006] 103 (37) LSG 31 (trade mark infringement/breach of contract in the context of a speedy trial); Imerman v Tchenguiz [2009] 1 FCR 14 (breach of confidence/privacy); Imerman v Tchenguiz (No 2) [2009] EWHC 2902 (QB) (legal professional privilege). Tchenguiz v Imerman [2011] 2 WLR 592 (privacy/breach of confidence/right to a fair trial). Widely quoted in the national press and trade media on legal issues.
Career
Trained Paisner & Co (now Berwin Leighton Paisner); qualified 1992; partner 1999.
Member
President of the IP Commission of the Union Internationale Des Avocats; Society for Computers and Law; Royal Society of Arts.
Education
St Mary’s RC School, Grimsby; Manchester University (1989 LLB Hons 1st).
Leisure
All sports.
Practice Areas
Defamation and privacy; Information technology; Intellectual property
