Huw brings deep experience and expertise in brand protection, enforcement and complex IP disputes. He advises clients across the full lifecycle of IP rights, including ownership, maintenance, protection, clearance, commercialisation and dispute resolution, both pre‑action and through formal litigation.
Huw has played a key role in a number of innovative and first‑of‑their‑kind IP cases, including securing a landmark “persons unknown” injunction to combat the sale of counterfeit goods. He has extensive experience designing and implementing large scale IP enforcement programmes, as well as obtaining site‑blocking injunctions on behalf of rights‑holders against major UK broadband providers.
In addition to litigation expertise, Huw advises clients on the commercialisation of IP, and also has significant experience in advising on advertising compliance, including competitor comparative advertising.
Prior to joining DLA Piper, Huw worked in-house at Tesco as IP and Advertising Counsel.
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Huw has acted on a wide range of IP disputes, both in the High Court and Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court. His experience includes:
- trade mark infringement proceedings in both the High Court and IPEC
- acting for a number of rightsholders on anti-piracy programmes, including successfully obtaining blocking injunctions against internet service providers
- securing a landmark “persons unknown” injunction to combat the sale of counterfeit goods
- designing and implementing large-scale IP enforcement programmes for clients
- working with marketing, product and legal teams to develop innovative marketing strategies, in particular for comparative advertising campaigns
- advising clients on the commercialisation of IP, including in complex M&A and licensing contexts
- ‘Key Lawyer’ - The Legal 500
- ‘Rising Star’ - IP Stars
- Member of the INTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee
- University of Oxford, Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 2018-2019
- The College of Law, Chester, LPC