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Jeremy Reed
Work Department
Intellectual property, privacy, information technology, media and entertainment.
Position
Barrister specialising in all areas of intellectual property law (patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, passing off, database rights and confidential informaton/trade secrets) and privacy law. Jeremy has particular experience of interception cases, having been heavily involved in the phone hacking litigation and other email interception claims. Jeremy acted for a number of high-profile individuals including Steve Coogan, Paul Gascoigne, Sol Campbell, Charlotte Church, Kerry Katona, Jade Goody, Sophie Anderton, Jimmy Nesbitt, Alastair Campbell, Kieron Fallon, Max Clifford, Gordon Taylor and George Galloway. Jeremy acted for Nicola Phillips before the Supreme Court on an issue concerning the privilege against self-incrimination. Other areas of expertise include: contractual disputes involving IP, IT, media, sport or technical issues; copyright tribunal references; media privacy cases; malicious falsehood/trade libel; restraint of trade disputes. Jeremy acted for the successful defendant in a 14-day IT trial concerning a software distribution and licence agreement – Softlanding Systems Inc v KDP Software Ltd [2010] EWHC 326 (TCC) and subsequent appeal [2010] EWCA Civ 1172. Reported privacy and confidential cases: Shobna Gulati and others v MGN Limited [2015] EWHC 1482 (Ch); Ecclestone v Khyami [2014] EWHC 29 (QB); Gulati and others v MGN [2013] EWHC 3392 (Ch); Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers [2013] EWHC 2119 (Ch); Phillips v Mulcaire [2013] 1 AC; [2013] FSR 12; [2012] EMLR 31; A v B&C (Flitcroft) [2003] QB 195; H v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2002] EMLR 425. Various Claimants v NGN (documents from court file) [2012] EWHC 397 (Ch); Coogan v NGN/Mulcaire [2012] EWCA Civ 48; [2011] EWHC 348 (Ch); Andrew v NGN [2011] EWHC 734 (Ch); Intellectual property case: Martin Lewis (Money Saving Expert) v CCL [2011] EWHC 1627 (Ch); Pocket Kings Ltd v Commonwealth of Kentucky [2009]EWHC 2529 (Ch); Score Draw v Finch [2007] FSR 20, [2007] Bus LR 864 [2007].
Career
Called 1997; Middle Temple (Queen Mother’s Scholar).
Languages
French.
Memberships
Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; Society for Computers and Law.
Education
Rugby School; Peterhouse College, Cambridge (1995 MA Hons Natural Sciences, and Scholar of Peterhouse).
Leisure
Dinghy and yacht racing, skiing; member of Hawks Club, and Oxford & Cambridge Sailing Society.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Intellectual property
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Hogarth Chambers is praised as a ‘go-to set for IP advocacy‘, and its members are especially skilled in the area of trade marks. The set also handles cases surrounding copyright, designs, and confidential information, and it is increasingly active in patent-related mandates. Among the set’s notable bench of silks is Nicholas Caddick KC, who boasts particular expertise in cases involving contractual disputes over intellectual property rights. Simon Malynicz KC has appeared before all levels of court, including the UKIPO and the EUIPO, the Supreme Court, and the CJEU. Of recent note, Malynicz KC represented the claimants in Swatch and others v Samsung, a case concerning allegations of trade mark infringement arising from the defendant’s sale of smartwatches capable of displaying faces similar to the claimant’s watches. Another key silk is Andrew Norris KC, and he regularly acts for individual rights holders and multinational brands, as well as patent owners. Specialist intellectual property silk Jeremy Reed KC and patent law expert Richard Davis KC are also key members of the team. Among the juniors, Michael Hicks stands out for his broad-ranging experience across copyright, patents, trade marks, passing off, designs, and confidential information cases. Hicks is acting for the claimant, who claims to be the creator of the Bitcoin electronic cash system, in Wright v BTC Core and others, a case addressing whether copyright can exist within the Bitcoin system. Amanda Michaels is an Appointed Person and frequently hears appeals from the UKIPO in trade mark mandates.