SILK PROFILE

Lindsay Lane KC

UK Bar 2026

8 New Square

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Media & Entertainment

London (Bar)

20 years ranked

Intellectual Property

London (Bar)

22 years ranked

About

Provided by 8 New Square

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Lindsay specialises in all areas of IP and Media & Entertainment law. Recent patent and SPC cases include: Optis v Apple; Promptu v Sky; Ablynx v VHsquared; Conversant v Apple; Teva v Merck Sharp & Dohme and Teva v Gilead. Lindsay also appeared in the Supreme Court in Schutz v Werit.

Recent trade mark/passing off cases include: Lifestyle Equities v Santa Barbara Polo Club; Land Rover’s Trade Mark Application (for the 3D Defender mark); R v Secretary of State for Health and Karen Millen v Karen Millen Fashions.

Notable design right, copyright and breach of confidence cases include: Rothy’s v Giesswein; Shnuggle v Munchkin; Force India v 1 Malaysia Racing; Wade v BSkyB and Football Association Premier League v Luxton. Lindsay also appears regularly in the Copyright Tribunal and has particular expertise in database rights having appeared most recently in 77M v Ordnance Survey and The Kennel Club v Micro-ID, and the seminal cases of Football Dataco v Sportradar; Football Dataco v Yahoo! and BHB v William Hill.

Career

Educated: Newnham College, Cambridge (BA (Hons) Natural Sciences and Law); European University Institute, Florence (MA in Comparative, European and International Law).

Professional Memberships

IPBA; CBA

Publications

The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs (4th/5th Editions).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Media & Entertainment - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Lindsay Lane KC has a high level of experience in intellectual property disputes, including trade mark and passing-off matters, confidential information and copyright infringement. She has appeared before the Copyright Tribunal on numerous occasions.

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Intellectual Property - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Lindsay Lane KC is a well-regarded silk highlighted for her pragmatic advice and efficiency. She is regularly instructed in relation to claims for patent, trade mark and database rights infringement. Her additional expertise takes in cases involving unregistered and registered designs.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Lindsay Lane KC has a stellar reputation.
Media & EntertainmentUK Bar
She has a very successful practice in media and entertainment.
Media & EntertainmentUK Bar
She is well known in the copyright space.
Media & EntertainmentUK Bar
Lindsay is excellent. She is a very user-friendly barrister who is extremely bright, practical and commercial. She is a real joy to use.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
Lindsay Lane KC has a great eye for the points that matter and is very good with clients.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
Lindsay Lane KC is really good. She is a good judge reader, and gets where the response and reaction should be.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar