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About
Provided by Jaani Riordan
Practice Areas
Junior with technical background in computer science and expertise in all fields of intellectual property, media and information technology law. Particular experience in disputes involving the internet, telecoms, cybersecurity and AI. Author of leading textbook on intermediary liability. Regularly instructed in claims for website blocking orders, interim injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal disclosure, and cross-border remedies. Recent cases include: Cartier v BT [2018] UKSC 28 (website blocking); Warner Music v TuneIn [2019] 2923 (copyright); FAPL v Sky [2018] EWHC 1828 (copyright); Teva v Gilead [2019] EWCA Civ 2272 (SPC appeal following CJEU reference); ICE v TikTok (Copyright Tribunal, 2019); Wheat v Google [2020] EWHC 27 (jurisdiction); SEL v BDL [2020] EWHC 2004 (damages inquiry).
Career
Bachelor of Computer Science (1st), Bachelor of Laws (top 1st) (University of Melbourne), Doctorate in Law (University of Oxford, Magdalen College). Lectured in contract, trusts and copyright at Oxford. Called 2012 (Lincoln's Inn). Previously a commercial solicitor, Australia.
Professional Memberships
Intellectual Property Bar Association; Society of Computers and Law; Chancery Bar Association.
Publications
The Liability of Internet Intermediaries (OUP, 2016); Website Blocking Injunctions (Springer, 2017); Co-author of Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria on the Modern Law of Copyright (5th ed LexisNexis, 2018); Contributor to Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability (OUP, 2020).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Jaani Riordan is particularly well known for his deep expertise in the law on the liability of internet service providers and other intermediaries, in cases of trade mark and copyright infringement online. He also has notable experience in patent litigation in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors, and has undertaken work in cases of considerable importance in the area of standard-essential patent licensing.
Jaani Riordan is a well-regarded barrister with a strong IP and technology litigation practice. He is regularly instructed to advise startup companies on intellectual property protection and confidentiality.
Jaani Riordan is a well-established junior with substantial experience in contentious IT and telecommunications cases. He focuses his practice on technically complex matters such as online fraud and cybersecurity, software and FRAND patent licensing, and failed IT projects.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jaani is absolutely excellent. He's across the smallest of details in the most complex of cases, without ever losing sight of the bigger picture."
"A very clever barrister who has a lot of trade mark knowledge."
"Jaani is excellent for software and IT-related IP disputes. He has fantastic drafting skills and is absolutely forensic in his analysis."
"A man who can overwhelm his opponents with a barrage of well-constructed arguments."
"Jaani is the person everyone wants to work with in IP and technology cases."
"Jaani is absolutely excellent. He's across the smallest of details in the most complex of cases, without ever losing sight of the bigger picture."
"A very clever barrister who has a lot of trade mark knowledge."
"Jaani is excellent for software and IT-related IP disputes. He has fantastic drafting skills and is absolutely forensic in his analysis."
"A man who can overwhelm his opponents with a barrage of well-constructed arguments."
"Jaani is the person everyone wants to work with in IP and technology cases."
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