Rhys Jarman

Rhys specialises in the following:

• The protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights including particular experience in:
• Music copyright, acting for both record company and/or artist;
• Design right and registered design infringement actions;
• Trade mark infringement and passing off claims;
• Patent claims, particularly in relation to mechanical and satellite communication patents; and
• Misuse of confidential information. 
• Technology disputes including:
• Disputes over the supply and installation of IT software and hardware systems;
• Website design disputes;
• Domain name disputes; and
• Protection of intellectual property rights on-line.
• Rhys also has extensive experience in dealing with commercial contract disputes particularly those involving intellectual property rights.

Recent cases of note include:

• Ongoing High Court proceedings in respect of unregistered design right (2010)
• Advised on various matters involving celebrity image rights (2010);
• Advised on exploitation of patented green energy technology (2010);
• Advised on copyright in re-mastered sound recordings (2010);
• Daventry District Council v Daventry & District Housing (10 day Chancery Division trial, 2010)
• Advised on copyright in training materials and website content (2010);
• Advised on numerous unregistered design right claims for major lighting manufacturer (2010)
• Successful settlement of High Court patent proceedings involving towed vehicle security device (2009);
• Obtained resolution of trade mark dispute relating to household name automotive brand;
• Successfully defended registered design infringement proceedings in a flat bed recovery vehicle;
• Woodhouse UK plc v Aquila Design – Registered design and unregistered design right in street lighting lantern and bracket [2006] RPC 1;
• Successful settlement of copyright claim in song music and lyrics;
• Advised on unregistered Community design in stitching on jeans pocket sold by major high street retailer;
• Trade mark infringement claims involving counterfeit Microsoft software

Rhys has delivered a number of training seminars to different audiences and writes articles on intellectual property.

Background

Rhys gained his law degree from Southampton University and subsequently trained with DLA. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from Bristol University. He became a partner at Wright Hassall in 2003.

Interests