Jeremy Reed

Jeremy is an experienced IP and media litigator. He is regularly instructed in disputes involving trade marks, copyright and designs, and patents, and in matters involving reputation management, confidential information, and privacy (including in relation to family law disputes). Jeremy is also instructed in IT disputes (licence compliance, auditing, and software copying), and in professional negligence claims concerning IP. He is often instructed as part of a multi-disciplinary team, alongside lawyers specialising in family, personal injury, regulatory and criminal law. Jeremy has considerable experience of applying for Norwich Pharmacal orders, interim injunctions, and search and seizure / imaging injunctions. He has been instructed in a range of other contentious interim applications, including public interest immunity, scope of legal professional privilege, scope of without prejudice privilege, scope of redactions in disclosure, reporting restrictions and anonymity, and non-party disclosure. Jeremy successfully appeared in the Supreme Court on a point concerning the privilege against self-incrimination in relation to intellectual property claims involving confidential information. Jeremy has been instructed in a number of contempt applications, including for breach of interim injunctions, disobedience of a search and seizure order, and breach of court undertakings. These have given rise to interim and ancillary issues including bench warrants, permission to serve via Facebook messenger, compatibility with Article 10, and improper collateral purpose. Most of Jeremys cases are litigated in the High Court in London, with appearances in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Jeremy has experience before the Copyright Tribunal and the UK IPO. He is also instructed as part of multi-jurisdictional legal teams, including working with lawyers from Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, Scotland, Switzerland and the USA.