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Michael Silverleaf, QC

Michael Silverleaf, Q.C., 11 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5EY
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7405 1222 Fax: + 44 020 7242 4282

www.11southsquare.com/members_silverleaf.html

Personal


Born 2 November 1953

British citizen

Four daughters

Education


King’s College School, Wimbledon 1967-71

Imperial College, University of London 1972-5, BSc (Physics)

Inns of Court School of Law 1976-7 and 1978-9.

Professional Appointments


Called to the Bar 1980 Gray’s Inn
Junior Counsel to the Treasury in Patent Matters 1991-6
Queen’s Counsel 1996
Accredited Mediator 2004

Publications

Passing Off Law and Practice (Butterworths 2nd Edition 1995) co-author with John Drysdale.

Many articles in the legal press and papers delivered at professional conferences and seminars.

Areas of Practice

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Patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright and related rights, registered and unregistered designs, computer disputes, breach of confidence, performers’ rights, entertainment and media law, restraint of trade, trade libel, trade descriptions, related areas of European and domestic competition law.

Practice in tribunals and courts at all levels up to the House of Lords and European Courts of Justice and the UK and European Patent Offices.

Has appeared in many leading cases. Recent reported cases include:

Inter Lotto (UK) Ltd v Camelot Group Plc [2004] RPC 9

Synthon BV v Smithkline Beecham Plc (No.2) [2003] RPC 43
Boehringer Ingelheim KG v Swingward Ltd [2003] 2 CMLR 8
Ultraframe UK Ltd v Clayton (No.2) [2003] RPC 23
Zino Davidoff SA v A&G Imports Ltd [2002] RPC 20
Spring Form Inc v Toy Brokers Ltd [2002] FSR 17

 

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Michael Silverleaf, Q.C., 11 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5EY
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7405 1222 Fax: + 44 020 7242 4282

www.11southsquare.com/members_silverleaf.html

CV of Michael Silverleaf, Q.C.

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