Simon Bennett
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Intellectual Property
Band 3
About
Provided by Simon Bennett
Practice Areas
Copyright
Designs
Fashion law
Passing off
Patents
Technology law
Trade marks
Personal
Simon is head of Fox Williams' intellectual property team and leads a team of specialists offering a one stop shop service on trade mark, design, patent, copyright and database right protection in the creative industries.
Simon gets results: this includes achieving a custodial prison sentence for an IP infringer; defeating a multinational brand on behalf of a SME in a trade mark infringement claim; successfully retrieving domain names for 100 famous authors in the first class action of its kind; persuading a court to allow service of a court claim via Instagram – another first; acting for Apprentice winners to protect their IP rights; protection of the IP owned by A list individuals; winning six and seven figure damages claims for and against high street fashion retailers for IP infringements; regularly co-ordinating cross border IP infringements on a worldwide basis.
Simon is one of a small group of Gold ranked litigators by World Trade Mark Review.
Simon skills are not confined to the IP disputes arena: he also advises on IP strategy and finds innovative commercial solutions to intractable problems, particularly in the tech and fintech sectors.
Chambers Review
UK
Simon Bennett is a celebrated design law expert and is also recommended for trade mark, ad word and copyright disputes. He has a particularly large client following in fashion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon is an excellent IP practitioner."
"Simon is an excellent IP practitioner."