- Nick Rose
- Partner, London
- Field Fisher Waterhouse
- nick.rose@ffw.com
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+44 (0)20 7861 4226
Nick is a member of INTA’s Internet Committee (On Line Use
Sub-committee), LES, AIPLA and CLS.
Nick is
listed as a leading IP lawyer in the UK in the Legal 500 and
Chambers Directories, the Legal 500 has described Nick as
“one of the best for litigation”. He is also listed
as being amongst the world's leading trademark lawyers in the
International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers 2010. The publication
has been taken from The International Who’s Who of Business
Lawyers. The research was based on the opinions of hundreds of law
firm clients and trade mark lawyers from around the world."
Nick has been involved in a number of leading reported cases,
across the full spectrum of intellectual property rights,
including:
- Hachette (ELLE) v Safeways (1997) FFR 529, (acting for
the Claimant, leading case on use of a trade mark in a different
form to how it is registered);
- Music Gallery v Direct Line & Others (1998) EMLR
551 (acting for the Claimant, copyright in a jingle used in
advertisement)
- AntiquesPortfolio.com v Rodney Finch (July 2000) The
Times (acting for the Claimant, copyright in still
photographs)
- The Zockoll Group v 800 Flowers Inc (2000) FFR 697
(acting for the Claimant, leading decision on use of a trade mark
on the internet in different jurisdictions)
- Navitaire v easyJet (2006) RPC 3 (acting for the
Claimant, leading copyright case on rights in databases, data
structures, user interface, screens)
- Scansafe v MessageLabs [2006] EWHC 2015 (acting for
the Claimant, reverse passing off)
- Helmet Integrated Systems Ltd v Tunnard & Ors
(Patents County Court) ((2006) FSR 41)) (acting for the
Defendants, concerning unregistered design rights relating to the
design of a firefighter’s helmet and related employment
issues)
- Helmet Integrated Systems Ltd v Tunnard & Ors
(Court of Appeal) ((2007) IRLR 126 : (2007) FSR 16 (acting for the
Defendants, employment issues as above)
- Vestergaard Frandsen & Ors v Bestnet Europe Ltd &
Ors (High Court) ((2008) 31(1) IPD 31005) and [2009] EWHC 657
(Ch) (acting for the Claimant, in a technical trade secrets
action)
- Other recent cases include representing Ordnance Survey in its
leading copyright case against The Automobile Association which led
to a £20 million settlement for the Ordnance Survey and acting for
the owners of the MORTONS nightclub in a trade mark dispute.
He has written many publications and is author of “Pre-Emptive
Remedies in Europe” (1992, Longmans) and various chapters in other
publications on international jurisdiction and enforcement
issues.
He is also a regular writer of articles on various intellectual
property law subjects, and is on the Panel of Contributors for the
“World Trade Mark Report” and “World Media Law
Report”.