Alastair Shaw
Counsel Intellectual Property
Languages
English
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Chambers'A fantastic team - very organised and they have excellent technical understanding'
Alastair (Al) Shaw is a solicitor-advocate with over 25 years' experience litigating trademark, copyright, design, and trade secrets cases. He is counsel in the firm's London office and a member of the firm's global, award-winning Intellectual Property (IP) practice. Al's caseload usually has an international element, whether that's as lead advisor for major multi-national clients, dealing with cross-border jurisdictional challenges or coordinating parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. He also has the rare experience of leading the execution of search orders in trade secret cases to secure evidence. Al's practice ranges across international rights owners' anti-counterfeiting strategies, civil and criminal enforcement in the United Kingdom, to matters in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
After an undergraduate degree in oceanography at Southampton University, Al trained with the firm and holds a diploma in IP law from the University of Bristol. As a solicitor-advocate, Al has rights of audience at all levels of the English civil court system. He also represents injured British service personnel, pro bono, in compensation appeal hearings, on behalf of The Royal British Legion, in one case helping a client to achieve the near £600,000 maximum statutory compensation available from the British government.
ChambersAl's a member of 'One of the best all-round IP groups in London? - dynamic partners supported by very able and hard-working associates'
Representative experience
Representing a major online marketplace provider before the Supreme Court in the leading UK case on the concept of ‘targeting’
Representing Fremantle in copyright litigation concerning ‘The X Factor’ and ‘Idols’ TV formats
Advising on copyright infringement risks relating to TV and film streaming services
Representing clients in major ‘same name’ disputes: Prudential v Prudential ([2003] EWCA Civ 327), BDO v BDO ([2013] EWHC 418 (Ch)
Representing a global securities trading business in a trade secrets and copyright infringement dispute
UK brand protection and enforcement for a major automotive manufacturer
Representing a multinational engineering group in trade secrets litigation
Advising a major pharmaceutical company in relation to contentious multi-jurisdictional trade mark proceedings
Advising on and representing clients in joint anti-counterfeiting actions
Pursuing committal proceedings for breach of a search order
Advising a global automotive manufacturer on training and use of AI tools using copyright works published in the UK
Advising an international web services provider on copyright issues in connection with its AI terms and conditions
Contentious copyright advice in relation to art exhibitions, superyachts and architectural works
Advising Skype on worldwide contentious trade mark issues
Representing the patentee in an entitlement action concerning plasma lamp technology (Ceravision v Luxim [2007] RPC 33)
Contentious trade mark and domain name matters for Prudential
Brand protection and enforcement for a global marketing agencies group
Advising on the operation of the Copyright Licensing Agency and Newspaper Licensing Agency collective licensing schemes
Credentials
- BSc. Oceanography, University of Southampton
- Diploma in Intellectual Property Law, University of Bristol
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- Senior Courts of England and Wales
- Higher Courts (Civil)
- Law Society of England and Wales
- AIPPI (UK branch)
- Intellectual Property Lawyers Association