
Contact:
nicholas.briggs@shma.co.uk +44 (0)121 237 3057 +44 (0)7717 813815Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nicholas Briggs
Partner & Head of Intellectual Property
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Specialisms:
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Brands & Designs
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Manufacturing
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Patents & Patent Litigation
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Trade marks
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Languages:
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English
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French
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German
Nick helps UK and international clients enforce and protect their Intellectual Property rights, and defends those accused of infringing IPRs.
Nick heads up our Commercial and Intellectual Property teams, they are committed to offering their UK and international clients innovative and practical advice.
Nick conducts litigation, often with an international and European jurisdictional element, in all the UK Courts, in cases concerning patents, confidential information, databases, designs, trade marks and copyright, as well as matters involving advertising, privacy law, reputation and defamation.
Nick has a particular reputation for patent litigation and his strong technical background has enabled him to conduct cases across a wide variety of technical fields, ranging from complex machinery to medical devices.
Ranked as an individual for Intellectual Property in the Chambers UK Guide 2021.
It’s all about our clients – it’s a privilege to be part of such a great team who are all committed to looking after them in such an interesting area of law.
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Nicholas' Articles
- Plugging the injunction gap – Expediting patent trials in the UK courts
- Patents Court finds medical device patent obvious over five items of prior art & CGK
- Ben Stokes: Privacy v Freedom of Expression?
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