
The large intellectual property outfit at Keystone Law receives instructions from clients hailing from various innovation-based sectors and supports clients with their contentious and commercial IP needs, including SEP/FRAND matters, digital asset protection, patent infringement work, IP strategy, transactions, and more. Team members include Rebecca Halford–Harrison, who handles patent issues in chemistry and formulation-based industries such as the food and beverage, cosmetics, life sciences, and electronics spaces. Simon Chalkley advises brand, creative, and tech-driven companies on transactions, strategy, and disputes, while Robert Pocknell specialises in telecoms work. James Tumbridge and Robert Peake arrived from Venner Shipley LLP in 2024.
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‘The practice is able to provide expertise in multiple areas of law.’
- 'I work closely with Stuart Darlington and Laurence Grey whom I find to be outstanding within their fields. They are always accessible and react swiftly when matters require it.'
Key clients
- Comfort Click Limited
- Datecs OOD
- TH2 Designs
- Tangle Inc
- Zuru Inc
- Porcelain Tiles Limited
Work highlights
Advised Comfort Click Limited with regard to patent infringement proceedings threatened by Actegy Limited.
Advising Porcelain Tiles Limited on a dispute in the High Court with Granitifiandre.
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Other key lawyers
Rebecca Halford–Harrison; Simon Chalkley; Robert Pocknell; James Tumbridge; Robert Peake