James is a Managing Associate in the Intellectual Property Group, part of our Innovation Department. James specialises in IP disputes, advising clients on how best to protect, enforce and exploit their rights.
James has experience across the full range of intellectual property rights (including patents, trade marks, copyrights, design rights and confidential information), and across a number of sectors, including technology, life sciences, betting and gaming, and retail.
He has acted for clients before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal, and also has experience in trade mark registry proceedings before the UKIPO. In particular, James has significant experience in FRAND and SEP disputes, and has advised on some of the leading cases in the UK High Court in this field.
James has a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from the University of Oxford, and is a member of the Society for Junior Intellectual Property Practitioners (IPSoc).