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Year of Call: 1982
Education: MA Hons (Cantab); Lic Sp Dr Eur (Brussels)
(Masters Degree in European Law)
Languages: French (Competent)
Email: jdct@13oldsquare.com
Personal website: www.jonathanturner.com
Areas of practice
Jonathan is an expert in the fields of intellectual property,
competition and free trade law, and IT law.
He acts in matters relating to all aspects of intellectual property
law, including patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, passing
off/ unfair competition, trade secrets and other confidential information.
He has a particular interest in European aspects of intellectual
property law and in subject-matter involving electronics or computers.
He advises and represents clients in IP matters in UK and European
courts, patent offices, trade mark and designs registries, arbitrations
and mediations.
He has a wide knowledge of UK, EU and international competition
(antitrust) and free trade law, particularly relating to intellectual
property, IT and telecoms. He also advises regularly on vertical
agreements, franchising and R&D. He represents clients in competition
matters in the courts, competition authorities (such as the OFT,
OFTEL and the European Commission) and arbitrations.
Jonathan also acts in a range of matters relating to IT, the internet
and telecoms, including contractual disputes, data protection &
privacy, as well as IP, competition and regulatoryissues.
Jonathan is a trained mediator.
Appointments
- WIPO and ADR.eu panelist for domain name disputes
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Trained mediator
Other legal experience
- Coopers & Lybrand, Head of IP and IT law (1995-1997)
- Sughrue Rothwell Mion Zinn & MacPeak (IP and antitrust attorneys,
Washington DC), Law Clerk (1980)
Reported cases and recent work
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Clearsprings v Businesslinx [2006] FSR 3 (Floyd QC): ownership
of copyright in commissioned software.
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BHB Enterprises v Victor Chandler International [2005] E.C.C.
40 [2005] EuLR 924 (Laddie J): database rate; whether excessive
royalty abuse of dominant position
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888.com v Victor Chandler (WIPO 11/11/2004): whether domain
name victor888.com registered in bad faith.
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Blackburn Borough Transport Ltd v Blackburn Transport Ltd (John
Martin QC, 13/7/2004): summary judgment for passing off by use
of descriptive name.
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Bim Kemi v Blackburn Chemicals [2004] EWCA Civ 1490, [2003]
EWCA Civ 106, [2001] 2 Lloyd 93, CA – set-off of cross-claims
under different contract subject to international arbitration;
formation, construction and repudiation of commercial contract;
whether exclusive dealing arrangements contrary to UK and EC
competition law; whether party barred by cause of action estoppel
from challenging validity of contract on assessment of damages.
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Bernard Matthews plc v Bernard Matthews (Nominet, 29/6/2003):
successful complaint under Nominet dispute procedure after injunction
refused by High Court.
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Jonathan Ball -v- Eden Project [2002] FSR 686 (Laddie J): rights
of co-founder of association, duties of company director, whether
entitled to register trade mark in own name.
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John Bruce (OFT 17/5/02): price-fixing of vehicle components;
guidance on levels of fines.
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Designers Guild -v- Russell Williams [2000] 1 WLR 2416, [2001]
FSR 113 (HL): copyright, distinction between idea and expression.
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AntiquesPortfolio.com -v- Rodney Fitch [2001] FSR 345 (Neuberger
J): copyright in photographs, obligations of website designers,
whether claim for supplying infringing material should be set
off against fees.
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KCTS.com (WIPO, 20/4/2001): domain name, admissibility of anonymous
evidence, whether ignorance of complainant's existence at time
of registration inconsistent with bad faith.
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Avaya ECS (OFTEL, 20/3/2001): complaint of abuse of domination
position in market for interfaces for computer-telephony integration.
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Malgar -v- Leach [2000] FSR 393 (Scott V-C): contempt: false
statements of truth; damages for infringement of copyright in
brochures.
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French Connection -v- Sutton [2000] ETMR 341 (Rattee J): domain
name: fcuk.com.
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PLG Research -v- Ardon International [1995] RPC 287 (CA): interpretation
of patent claims under European Patent Convention, prior use,
obviousness, directors' liability.
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Parmenter -v- Malt House [1993] FSR 680 (CA): registered design,
introduction of fresh prior art found after trial.
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Lux -v- Pike [1993] RPC 107 (Patents Court, Aldous J): prior
use, patentability, obviousness, acquiescence.
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C&H -v- Klucznik [1992] FSR 421 (Aldous J): design right,
pig fenders.
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Entec -v- Abacus [1992] FSR 332 (CA): copyright, EU free trade
rules.
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Reckitt & Colman -v- Borden [1990] 1 WLR 491 (HL): Jif
lemon; passing off, visual branding.
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Potton -v- Yorkclose [1990] FSR 11 (Millett J): copyright,
account of profits.
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Chelsea Man -v- Chelsea Girl [1987] RPC 189, [1988] FSR 217,
[1989] RPC 111: passing off; scope of injunction protecting
goodwill in limited area; contempt; registered trade marks.
Publications
Books
- Domain Names - A Practical Guide (Tolley's, 2002).
- Vaughan, Law of the European Communities (Butterworths, 1986-2000)
- chapters on the application of EC competition law to exclusive
dealing and to intellectual property.
- Melville, Forms & Agreements on Intellectual Property and
International Licensing (contributor).
- Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol 52 (Butterworths, 1985) - chapters
on the application of EC competition law to exclusive dealing
and to intellectual property.
Reports
- Marks & Clerk's European Patent Infringement Cases (Trenton,
1999)
- European Patent Office Reports (ESC, Sweet & Maxwell, 1986-1995)
Articles
- 'Intellectual Property, Contracts and Competition Law' May 2001
- 'When is inspiration lawful? - some observations following Designers
Guild and the Turner Prize' (2001) Art Antiquity and Law 235
- 'Plus Royaliste que le Roi - Glaxo-v- Dowelhurst' [2000] EIPR
434, [2000] CIPA 330
- 'Purposive Construction - Seven Reasons why Catnic is Wrong'
[1999] EIPR 531, [1999] CIPA 700
- 'The UK Competition Act 1998 and Private Rights' [1999] ECLR
62, [1999] EIPR 181
- 'Allen & Hanbury's -v- Generics: Acte clair - and wrong'
[1988] EIPR 186
- 'Copyrights and Competition in Ancillary Markets: Why the MMC
is Wrong' [1985] EIPR 325
- 'The Prosecution of Karl Prantl: Bottles on the Incoming Tide'
- [1985] EIPR 113
- 'The need for an effective competition policy' [1984] EIPR 331
- a seminal article which led eventually to the adoption of the
Competition Act 1998
- 'British Leyland -v- Armstrong: Euro-defences misunderstood'
- [1984] EIPR 320
- Chicago Pizzas - A Descriptive or Distinctive Name?' - [1983]
EIPR 283
- Competition and the Common Market after Maize Seeds' - [1983]
ELR 103
- 'Association between Acute Glaucoma, the Weather and Sunspot
Activity', British Journal of Ophthalmology (1977)
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