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Daniel Selmi

Daniel Selmi

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Three New Square is 'a excellent set of IP barristers'. The team is highly experienced in handling instructions in the telecoms, biotech and pharmaceutical sectors. Andrew Waugh KC is well versed in advising on high-profile pharmaceutical patent disputes, while Tom Hinchliffe KC routinely represents multinational telecoms, biotech and technology entities in IP matters. Elsewhere in chambers, Tom Mitcheson KC and Daniel Selmi appeared in Merck Serono SA v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks, a Court of Appeal case concerning the use of supplementary protection certificates for second medical use. Katherine Moggridge brings expertise in advising on all aspects of IP law, including passing off, patents, registered design rights and trade marks. Geoffrey Pritchard KC took silk in March 2025.
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Daniel practises in all areas of intellectual property law and commercial disputes involving the same, including patents, trademarks, passing off, copyright, designs and confidential information.

He has been instructed in a wide variety of high profile cases across the breadth of intellectual property, including: TQ Delta v Zyxel (patents, ADSL2/2+, VDSL2 technology); Alcon v Aspire (patents, fluprostenol isopropyl ester); Puma v Nike (trade marks, Footware mark); Nokia v Oppo (patent, 4G LTE transmission; Juve Patent “Top 10 patent case of 2022”); Dr Reddy’s and NHS Scotland v Warner-Lambert (patent damages inquiry; selected by The Lawyer as one of the “Top 20 Cases of 2023”); Swatch v Samsung (trade marks, Swiss watch brands; Managing IP “Impact Case of the Year 2024”); Lidl v Tesco (trade marks, passing off and copyright, Tesco’s Clubcard; selected by The Lawyer as one of the “Top 10 Appeals of 2024”); M&S v Aldi (registered designs, light up gin bottles); Shorts v Google (trade marks and passing off, YouTube Shorts); Merck Serono (SPCs, cladribine for relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis); and Toolgen v Vertex (patents, CRISPR gene editing technology).

Daniel was called to the Irish Bar in 2024 and accepts instructions in relation to all EU work.

A full CV is available on Daniel’s Chambers’ website, accessible here:

Career

Called 2013, Lincoln's Inn; previously a Junior Research Fellow of Oxford University (Bionanotechnology); Contributing author to Terrell on the Law of Patents (19th and 20th editions), the leading practitioner textbook on UK patent law.

Languages

English (native), Italian (once native, but now very rusty). Some basic knowledge of French and Spanish and can read Arabic.

Memberships

Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association.

Education

2005 St Hugh’s College, Oxford University (MBiochem (Hons) degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (Distinction, 1st Class)); 2006 Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre (transitioned from the Life-Sciences into the Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences); 2009 DPhil in Physics (Bionanotechnology): ‘DNA Lattices and Protein Arrays – Novel Approaches to Biological Structure Determination’; 2009-11 St Cross College, Oxford University (Junior Research Fellow); 2012 Oxford Brookes University (Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction)); 2013 City University  (Bar Professional Training Course).

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Nick Hill is an excellent clerk and always goes out of his way to assist, even on short notice.’
  • ‘Always very friendly and helpful. Nick Hill is fantastic and always goes out of his way to be as helpful as possible.’
  • ‘Very effective clerking. Tim Fairburn is fast and very efficient.'
  • ‘The clerking and support team at 3 New Square are great. Nick Hill is a consummate professional. Georgia Onyett and Zena Robbins are fabulous as well.’
  • 'The set has strong depth in this area.'
  • 'Three New Square are a dedicated IP set stuffed with great barristers at all levels. We've worked with them for many, many years and have found them to be a great choice.'
  • 'Three New Square is an excellent set and my first port of call when I require IP counsel.'
  • 'Fantastic chambers which, without question, have some of the best IP silks.'