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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 16:40:46+00:00

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James St Ville was called to the Bar in 1995. At Gray's Inn, he was awarded the Bird & Bird Award for Intellectual Property, the Moot Society Prize and the Prince of Wales Award. At St. John's College Cambridge he was a Morton Scholar and awarded 1st Class Honours in Engineering, Sir Joseph Larmor's Plate, the St.John's College Prize and the University IEE Institution Prize.
He is recommended as a Leading Junior in Intellectual Property by Chambers UK and Information Technology by the Legal 500 and is a chartered engineer with substantial commercial experience of electronics, optical communications and engineering.
James appears in patent, registered design, design right, copyright, database right, confidential information, computer contract and IT disputes many of which deal with complex engineering, electronics and software and is an author of Russell-Clarke and Howe on Industrial Designs (9th Edition, 2016) with Martin Howe QC and Ashton Chantrielle. He is regularly instructed in trade mark, passing off, data protection and threats actions, including domain name and internet disputes and appears in the High Court, Patents Court, Technology and Construction Court, Court of Appeal, Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), UK IPO, EU IPO (formerly OHIM) and General Court of the EU. He is regularly instructed to appear against leading counsel and with juniors.
He has expertise in areas of practice such as search orders, Norwich Pharmacal orders, disk imaging orders, delivery up of source code, ex-parte injunctions to identify and deal with computer hackers and other interim injunctions which need to be kept confidential, third party disclosure, UK Border Agency seizures and disputes over letters of request and the examination of witnesses for the purpose of foreign proceedings.
James represents clients at mediations, advises in relation to IP disputes in other common law jurisdictions such as Singapore and Jersey, and has sat as an examiner in response to overseas letters of request.
His reported cases include Spin Master v. PMS  WLR (principles applied by High Court to achieve proportionate management of registered design cases), Marks & Spencer v. Asda Stores  FSR 11 (principles on which court applies costs management controls in patent and unregistered design right cases), Positec v. Husqvarna  Bus LR 714,  FSR 29 (disclosure on obviousness in patent actions under new CPR 31.5), Procter and Gamble v. Star Global  RPC 19 (community trade mark dispute concerning parallel imports of branded fragrances products with tracking codes removed), VPG Systems v. Air-Weigh Europe  FSR 4 (invalidity of patent for on-board vehicle weighing system), Alfa Laval v. Separator Spares  1 WLR 1110 (CA) (the leading case on the test for determining whether breach of confidence and copyright claims against former employees are ‘matters relating to individual contracts of employment’ under the Brussels I Regulation), Virgin v. Casey  ETMR 35 (maintaining registration of “Carbon Virgin” for advertising services in the face of Virgin’s appeal), Ancon v. ACS Stainless Steel Fixings  All ER (D) 148 (CA) (patent action and appeal about high strength channels and bolts), M Systems v. Trek  RPC 18 (validity and amendment of the patent for the USB memory stick), Meridian v. IP Enterprises  Info TLR 139 (CA) (implied terms concerning ownership of copyright in source code), Nichia v. Argos  Bus LR 1753 (CA) (principles upon which disclosure should be ordered in patent actions), BSW v. Balltec  FSR 1 (successfully resisting pre-action disclosure regarding equipment used in the offshore oil and gas industry), Quads4kids v. Campbell  Info TLR 338 (illegitimate complaints about products sold on eBay and threats of design right infringement proceedings), IDA v. University of Southampton  RPC 21 (CA) (substantial patent entitlement dispute), Premier League v. Panini  1 WLR 1147 (CA) (copyright in football club crests), CDW's Trade Mark Application  RPC 30 (trade mark www.standupifyouhatemanu.com contrary to public policy), Collag v. Merck  FSR 263 (confidential information and patent entitlement dispute regarding agrochemical formulations), Rohm & Haas v. Collag  FSR 28 (CA) (agrochemical process patent) and Safari Trade Mark  RPC 23 (alleged non-use negative by use under bare licence).
"He is an absolute perfectionist with a real eye for detail, which is really useful for trade mark infringement cases." "He is extremely thorough and leaves no stone unturned. His preparation on every case is superb and detailed, and he has first-class drafting"
"Especially noted for his skill in handling cases with dominant mathematical and technical elements"
"He has excellent knowledge of technology and a keen eye for detail."
"His calm, forensic approach is absolutely invaluable"
"He has a keen eye for detail and is very thorough"
"A user-friendly and very experienced junior"
"Excellent in advising on matters with an IP or contractual dimension"
"Displays incredible attention to detail, is very responsive, gives sound commercial advice and has excellent IT industry knowledge"
"He leaves no stone unturned- he offers superb detailed preparation on every case and first-class editing"
"Expertise in IT disputes involving engineering, electronics and software"
"Technically strong," he is "hard-working and on top of the detail"
"He is very good on the technical side"

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