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Simon Miles
Work Department
Head of Intellectual Property
Position
Simon joined Edwin Coe in February 2009 and heads up the Intellectual Property team which operates within the Corporate & Commercial department. Simon is a solicitor and a UK and European trade mark attorney. He advises on all aspects of intellectual property, and has a wealth of experience advising in relation to trade marks, copyright (including software), designs, database rights, patents and breach of confidence. He works with clients across a range of sectors including: media and entertainment, advertising and sport, fashion, cosmetics, restaurants and foodstuffs, and electronics.
Simon has worked with a number of major global companies in creating, exploiting and protecting their brands. He also has considerable experience in sports law, having advised governing bodies, clubs and individuals on rights protection, sponsorship and database rights.
Simon has been involved in numerous significant reported cases in relation to trade mark, copyright and database right infringement and is regularly recommended by clients for his contentious expertise. He has worked with a number of major global companies in creating, exploiting and protecting their brands. He also has considerable experience in sports law, having advised governing bodies, clubs and individuals on rights protection, sponsorship and database rights. Simon sits on the Council of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA), he is on the ITMA’s Law and Practice Committee, the OHIM Working Group and the Designs Working Group.
Career
Trained Pitmans; qualified 1995.
Memberships
Legal Advisor to the European Communities Trade Mark Association
International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
Law and Practice Committee of Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)
Designs Working Group of Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)
Education
Bristol University (LLM Law)
Leisure
Sport, travel.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
With notable expertise in brands work, Edwin Coe LLP handles a broad range of matters, from the acquisition, exploitation and protection of IP, to commercial issues, infringement and contentious cases. The practice is spearheaded by Simon Miles, who has experience across a range of sectors, from media and entertainment to the cosmetics. Nick Phillips’s client roster includes retailers, manufacturers, and re-sellers, while Claire Lehr is active in the automobile, genetics, leisure and retail sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate