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Hogarth Chambers Offices
Hogarth Chambers
5 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3RJ
England
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Simon Malynicz KC
Position
Simon has an extensive IP practice, covering trade marks, passing off, copyright, IT/computer software, media/entertainment, collective/certification marks, PDOs and GIs, confidential information and designs. He also handles commercial cases with an intellectual property element. He appears regularly in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and General Court of the EU, as well appearing in or advising on proceedings before the UKIPO and EUIPO.
Please note that Simon is a fully qualified member of the Bar of Ireland and is a member of the Law Library in Dublin. Thus, with full rights of audience before the Courts of an EU Member State, he continues to:
- accept instructions to represent parties before the General Court of the European Union in trade mark appeals from the EUIPO, where he has acted in over 100 such proceedings.
- advise clients on EU law and disputes with a pan-EU element
- advise clients and draft documents in proceedings before the EUIPO
Career
Appointed KC 2016, Called 1997, Inner Temple.
Appointed to A Panel of Attorney-General’s Panel of Counsel in March 2014 (previously on B Panel 2008-13).
Appointed to Attorney-General’s FOI Panel in 2010.
Languages
English
Memberships
IP Bar Association
CITMA
Bar Pro Bono Unit
Education
Sydney, Australia (BA); London (LLB); New School, New York (MA)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Intellectual property
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Hogarth Chambers is strong in handling instructions concerning trade marks, copyright, designs, confidential information, and increasingly, patents. Its members regularly appear before the UKIPO, High Court, and Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court. Head of chambers Nicholas Caddick KC was instructed on behalf of the claimant in Studiocanal Films v Wild Bunch SA, a High Court action regarding a copyright licence agreement for fifteen animated films made by Studio Ghibli. Roger Wyand KC advises on a range of patent cases involving pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and electronics, and Alastair Wilson KC is strong on patent actions with heavy technical content. Andrew Norris KC is another notable group member. In team news, Richard Davis KC, who is also qualified as a patent attorney, made silk in 2023 and Simon Malynicz KC joined the set from Three New Square with a strong practice in contentious trade mark matters – he is representing Tesco in a dispute with Lidl regarding an alleged trademark infringement arising from Tesco’s use of a yellow circle in Tesco Clubcard branding.
London Bar > Media and entertainment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Simon Malynicz KC – Hogarth Chambers ‘Simon is renowned for his trade mark practice and has handled many of the leading trade mark cases.’