Mr Joe Delaney > Three New Square Intellectual Property > London, England > Barrister Profile

Three New Square Intellectual Property
Three New Square
3 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3RS
England

Position

Barrister specialising in patent and SPC litigation across various technical fields (in particular, biotech, pharma and telcoms/FRAND). Recent notable cases include: Akebia v FibroGen; InterDigital v Lenovo; Apple v Optis; Nokia v OPPO; Regeneron v Kymab; Philips v HTC; Teva v Gilead; Takeda v Roche; Illumina v Ariosa; TQ Delta v ZyXEL;

Career

Called 2006, Middle Temple.

Memberships

Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.

Education

Emmanuel College, Cambridge (2004 MA Hons Natural Sciences); BPP Law School (2005 Graduate Diploma in Law).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Intellectual property

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Joe Delaney – Three New Square ‘Joe is a strategic thinker and a great member of the team. He comes up with creative points and is not afraid to take a different position from the leader if he thinks it is the right thing to do.’

The members of Three New Square are sought after for their skills in complex patent disputes, in addition to cases involving copyright, passing off, trade marks, and design rights. Guy Burkill KC focuses on patent litigation in the technology and telecoms sectors – he represented Apple and its distributors in a high-value telecoms-related patent dispute involving eight patents in four patent families against Optis, which claimed that Apple was using its technology without an appropriate license.  Douglas Campbell KC‘s practice encompasses both patent and non-patent work, and Thomas Hinchliffe KC has expertise in the pharmaceutical and electronics sectors.  Tim Austen regularly appears before the Patents Court, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, and the Court of Appeal he was also instructed by Match Group in successful trade mark infringement and passing off proceedings against Muzmatch, a Muslim dating app that claimed it had a defence of honest concurrent to be able to use the term ‘match’ in its branding. Charles Brabin is skilled in patent work regarding electronics, as is Joe Delaney.

London Bar > IT and telecoms (infrastructure and contracts)

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Joe DelaneyThree New Square

The barristers at Three New Square are regularly instructed to act on behalf of technology and software developers and telecoms clients, smartphone sector clients in particular. With highly technical expertise, Guy Burkill KC continues to have a busy IP and IT practice, often instructed in high-value telecoms patent infringement actions. Most recently acting for Apple in the long-running piece of litigation in relation to Optis’ patent portfolio and Apple’s failure to pay any royalties in respect of it. Thomas Hinchliffe KC acted as leading counsel for Optis in the fourth of the technical trials. Joe Delaney successfully represented Nokia in the first of a number of technical trials involving Nokia’s standard essential patents pertaining to 3G, 4G and 5G technology in Nokia v OnePlus & others. Douglas Campbell KC acted in a case relating to computer software and financial trading strategy in which breach of confidence, copyright and contract was alleged.