8 New Square

8 New Square‘s barristers are noted as being ’at the top of their game’. The set’s key recent cases include Jaani Riordan‘s representation of Microsoft in JJH Enterprise (t/a ValueLicensing) v Microsoft Corp & Ors wherein abuse of dominance in alleged owing to imposition of restrictive licence terms prohibiting resale of second-hand software licenses, with a trial anticipated for 2026. Mark Chacksfield KC’s specialism in this area is at the intersection of patents and IT, an example of such work being the representation of the defendant in Lenovo Group Ltd v InterDigital Technology Corp, wherein it was put to the test whether a so-called FRAND interim licence could be declared in respect of patents declared as essential to telecoms standards; The Court of Appeal affirmed that limitation periods do not apply to the determination of FRAND terms for past sales and that interest is payable on the determined royalty.