Hogarth Chambers has 'a strong reputation in the IP Bar', with its members often instructed in trade mark and copyright matters. Simon Malynicz KC successfully acted for the claimant in Shorts v Google, a high-profile matter involving allegations of trade mark infringements, and Richard Davis KC brings extensive experience in handling patents cases. At the junior level of chambers, Guy Tritton is acting as counsel to the New York Times regarding a cross-border intellectual property rights dispute concerning the word game 'Wordle'. Michael Hicks' workload includes copyright, patent, design and trade mark matters.
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Simon has an extensive IP practice, covering trade marks, passing off, copyright, IT/computer software, media/entertainment, collective/certification marks, PDOs and GIs, confidential information and designs. He also handles commercial cases with an intellectual property element. He appears regularly in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and General Court of the EU, as well appearing in or advising on proceedings before the UKIPO and EUIPO.
Please note that Simon is a fully qualified member of the Bar of Ireland and is a member of the Law Library in Dublin. Thus, with full rights of audience before the Courts of an EU Member State, he continues to:
- accept instructions to represent parties before the General Court of the European Union in trade mark appeals from the EUIPO, where he has acted in over 100 such proceedings.
- advise clients on EU law and disputes with a pan-EU element
- advise clients and draft documents in proceedings before the EUIPO
Career
Appointed KC 2016, Called 1997, Inner Temple.
Appointed to A Panel of Attorney-General’s Panel of Counsel in March 2014 (previously on B Panel 2008-13).
Appointed to Attorney-General’s FOI Panel in 2010.
Languages
English
Memberships
IP Bar Association
CITMA
Bar Pro Bono Unit
Education
Sydney, Australia (BA); London (LLB); New School, New York (MA)
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- 'David Court is excellent.'
- 'John Davies is an excellent clerk. He is very responsive.'
- 'Excellent, especially Clive Nicholls.'
- 'The clerks are very responsive and helpful. Adam Homes is a pleasure to work with and gets things done.'
- 'Hogarth Chambers is a real expert in soft IP cases. They are one of our go-to sets for their expert, strategy-savvy, user-friendly IP barristers.'
- 'Quality IP set.'
- 'Great set.'
- 'Very good specialist set.'