Simon Bennett > Fox Williams LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fox Williams LLP Offices
10 FINSBURY SQUARE
LONDON
EC2A 1AF
England
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Simon Bennett
Work Department
Commerce and technology; intellectual property.
Position
Simon advises clients in a variety of intellectual property matters ranging from patents, trade marks and passing off to copyright and designs and breach of confidence in sectors including fashion, new media, financial services and IT. He is experienced in many types of dispute resolution including arbitration, mediation, High Court, Court of Appeal, Copyright Tribunal, Trade Marks Registry and European Patent Office. In addition he has extensive experience advising clients in relation to their IP rights, including the drafting of commercial agreements relating to these rights. He has also advised clients on their IP portfolios and strategies to further enhance and protect existing rights. Simon has particular expertise in advising clients in the fashion industry on infringements of their designs. Simon co-authored ‘The User’s Guide to Design Law’, published by Bloomsbury Publishing. He recently won a design right dispute in the UK High Court for client Superdry against Animal and his approach has been described as ‘ferocious’ (‘The Evening Standard’ 15 February 2011) and a ‘consummate professional who is also pragmatic and wise’ by WTR 2015. Simon has never lost a domain name dispute.
Career
Solicitor, Denton Wilde Sapte 1994-2004; counsel, Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP 2004-10; partner, Fox Williams LLP 2010. Publications include ‘User’s Guide to Design Law’ (Bloomsbury Professional, April 2010).
Languages
Italian.
Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales; Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (2007-2011); Related Rights Committee of the International Trademark Association (2011 to present); Supervisory Board AIESEC International.
Education
The London Oratory School; University College Swansea (1992 first class degree, hons, Politics and Russian Studies); University of Westminster (1993 CPE Dip Law commendation); College of Law (1994 LPC commendation).
Leisure
Skiing, tennis, music.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
‘High quality’ Fox Williams LLP advises clients across a range of sectors, including fashion, technology and fintech, publishing and food and drink, on trade mark and design management, strategy and dispute-related matters. Simon Bennett spearheads the practice, routinely handling design mandates, with a key focus on the fashion, tech, consumer products, new media and financial services sectors. Newly promoted partner Sarah Redmond strengthens the practice with notable expertise in trade mark prosecution and opposition cases. Stephen Sidkin is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation