Nicholas Briggs > Shakespeare Martineau LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Shakespeare Martineau LLP Offices
NO 1 COLMORE SQUARE
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6AA
England
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Nicholas Briggs
Work Department
Commercial & IP
Position
Partner
Career
Nick helps UK and international clients enforce and protect their Intellectual Property rights, and defends those accused of infringing IPRs.
Nick conducts litigation, often with an international and European jurisdictional element, in all the UK Courts, in cases concerning patents, confidential information, databases, designs, trade marks and copyright, as well as matters involving advertising, privacy law, reputation and defamation.
Nick has a particular reputation for patent litigation and his strong technical background has enabled him to conduct cases across a wide variety of technical fields, ranging from complex machinery to medical devices.
“It’s all about our clients – it’s a privilege to be part of such a great team who are all committed to looking after them in such an interesting area of law.”
Languages
French, German
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
(Leading individuals)The ‘very efficient team’ at Shakespeare Martineau LLP is active in the IP litigation space, with particular experience in patent, design and brand-related work, often with an international element. The team handles a considerable amount of IP matters for universities, as well as working for clients in an array of other sectors, including telecoms, consumer products and transport. Nicholas Briggs spearheads the practice, routinely advising on contentious work, especially patent litigation, while Mauro Paiano‘s broad expertise includes cross-border matters and social media-related cases. Other names to note include Kerry Russell, whose strengths lie in litigation. Martin Noble departed for Freeths LLP in July 2022, while Daniel Goodall left the firm for an in-house role in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals West Midlands > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Intellectual property West Midlands > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
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- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
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- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
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