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About
Provided by Lindsay Lane KC
Practice Areas
Lindsay specialises in all areas of IP and Media & Entertainment law. Recent patent and SPC cases include: Optis v Apple; Promptu v Sky; Ablynx v VHsquared; Conversant v Apple; Teva v Merck Sharp & Dohme and Teva v Gilead. Lindsay also appeared in the Supreme Court in Schutz v Werit.
Recent trade mark/passing off cases include: Lifestyle Equities v Santa Barbara Polo Club; Land Rover’s Trade Mark Application (for the 3D Defender mark); R v Secretary of State for Health and Karen Millen v Karen Millen Fashions.
Notable design right, copyright and breach of confidence cases include: Rothy’s v Giesswein; Shnuggle v Munchkin; Force India v 1 Malaysia Racing; Wade v BSkyB and Football Association Premier League v Luxton. Lindsay also appears regularly in the Copyright Tribunal and has particular expertise in database rights having appeared most recently in 77M v Ordnance Survey and The Kennel Club v Micro-ID, and the seminal cases of Football Dataco v Sportradar; Football Dataco v Yahoo! and BHB v William Hill.
Career
Educated: Newnham College, Cambridge (BA (Hons) Natural Sciences and Law); European University Institute, Florence (MA in Comparative, European and International Law).
Professional Memberships
IPBA; CBA
Publications
The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs (4th/5th Editions).
Chambers Review
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Lindsay Lane KC is a well-regarded silk highlighted for her pragmatic advice and efficiency. She is regularly instructed in relation to claims for patent, trade mark and database rights infringement. Her additional expertise takes in cases involving unregistered and registered designs.
Lindsay Lane KC has a high level of experience in intellectual property disputes, including trade mark and passing-off matters, confidential information and copyright infringement. She has appeared before the Copyright Tribunal on numerous occasions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lindsay thinks ahead and is good on the details."
"Lindsay commands the court."
"She is a trusted silk who is particularly well known for copyright cases."
"Lindsay is fantastic, she is brilliant. She is detail-focused but manages to keep an eye on the bigger picture. She is really good at strategy."
"Lindsay thinks ahead and is good on the details."
"Lindsay commands the court."
"She is a trusted silk who is particularly well known for copyright cases."
"Lindsay is fantastic, she is brilliant. She is detail-focused but manages to keep an eye on the bigger picture. She is really good at strategy."
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