James St Ville KC

Practice Areas

James specialises in intellectual property (including patents, EPO oppositions, confidential information, registered and unregistered designs, copyright, database rights, trade marks and passing off). He also deals with IT, computer contract, complex engineering, electronics and software disputes. He has expertise in interim injunctions including search orders, freezing orders, Norwich Pharmacal orders, disk imaging orders and delivery up of source code. He is a chartered engineer with substantial experience of electronics, optical communications and commercial research.

Recent cases include Cabo v MGA (ongoing 2021), Centek v Giles (2020), TQ Delta v ZyXEL [2020] FSR 10 (CA), Prosyscor v Netsweeper (2019), Spin Master v PMS [2018] ECDR 22, Epoch v Character Options [2017] FSR 42, M&S v Asda Stores [2017] FSR 11, Positec v Husqvarna [2016] Bus LR 714, VPG v Air-Weigh [2016] FSR 4 and P&G v Star Global [2016] RPC 19.

Career

Called 1995, Gray's Inn. Bar of Northern Ireland, 2014.

Professional Memberships

IPBA; ChBA; CEng; MIET.

Publications

Russell-Clarke and Howe on Industrial Designs (9th and 10th Editions).

Personal

Plays jazz flute. Board member Clod Ensemble theatre company and the Alfred Fagon Awards. Educated St. John’s College, Cambridge University (First in Engineering and Electrical Sciences). Resides London.