Joshua acts on both IP disputes and advisory matters. In his litigation practice he has experience of taking claims to trial in the High Court and on to appeal, in addition to conducting disputes in the Company Names Tribunal and Intellectual Property Office. He maintains a broad practice, advising in relation to all the IP rights, including trade marks, patents, designs and copyright, as well as confidential information/trade secrets. A specialist in 'non-traditional' trade mark disputes, Joshua has particular experience litigating colour and shape trade marks.
Joshua also has a significant amount of experience in co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional IP disputes and has overseen litigation in jurisdictions as varied as Sweden and Japan.
Joshua's particular sector interests are consumer retail (including food and drink) and energy, decarbonisation and engineering.
He also advises clients in relation to IP strategy (including early-stage technology development) and negotiates complex and sensitive IP provisions in business-critical agreements, recently having been involved in a significant number of energy and decarbonisation projects.
Joshua is a co-author of the intellectual property chapters in 'Offshore Construction Law and Practice' (2nd edn) and 'Offshore Floating Production, Legal and Commercial Risk Management', both from Routledge. He has also been a visiting law lecturer to engineering students at UCL.
"absolutely remarkable… always responsive, and… provided comments and information about other jurisdictions, improving the quality of our work."
The Legal 500 UK 2023