Stephenson Harwood

Intellectual Property, Tech and Data

Advising across the entire lifecycle of his client’s most valuable assets, Joshua assists clients in the protection, exploitation and then enforcement of their intellectual property.

He has particular experience assisting clients in sectors such as consumer retail (including food and drink), energy transition, oil and gas, and marine technologies.

His practice covers all the IP rights, including trade marks, patents, designs and copyright, as well as confidential information/trade secrets. A specialist in 'non-traditional' trade mark disputes, Joshua has particular experience litigating colour and shape trade marks.

An experienced litigator, he has acted on claims in the High Court and Court of Appeal, the Intellectual Property Office (including advocacy), the Company Names Tribunal and WIPO.

Joshua also has significant experience coordinating multi-jurisdictional IP disputes, having overseen litigation in Sweden, Germany and Japan.

He also advises clients in relation to IP strategy (including early-stage technology development) and negotiates complex and sensitive IP provisions in business-critical agreements, recently having been involved in a significant number of energy and decarbonisation projects.

Joshua is a co-author of the intellectual property chapters in 'Offshore Construction Law and Practice' (2nd edn), 'Offshore Floating Production’, and ‘LNG Offshore Production and Regasification’. He has also been a visiting law lecturer to engineering students at UCL.