IP

• A major broadcaster on copyright enforcement strategy for its exclusive content. Such work has included raising a large number of copyright infringement actions in the Court of Session.
• A large UK brand on a £10 million trade mark dispute in the Court of Session, which included counter-claims and various disputes before the EUIPO and UKIPO.
• A global computer game manufacturers in respect of a allegations of copyright infringement which resulted in the obtaining and carrying out of a “search and seizure” order.
• A major utility provider, on the recovery if its confidential information which had been misappropriated by consultants and employees.
• A prominent and large religious group in relation to the infringement and misappropriation of its copyright protected information and documents.
• A major Scottish business in relation to various IP issues including the theft of its website source code by a competitor.
• A major US NSDAQ company in relation to multiple copyright infringement and breach of contract claims.
• A major oil and gas operator services company in relation to a patent entitlement/ownership claim brought by a former employee.

Sport

• The largest Scottish Sports Governing Body (“SGB”) on the drafting, implementation and operation of a detailed set of rules and procedures governing its disciplinary procedures and other ancillary regulations.
• A major Scottish SGB on a high-profile and sensitive case providing assistance on the prosecution and appeal of alleged breaches of the SGBs financial rules by a club,
• A major Scottish SGB on two complex Judicial Reviews brought by a minority but prominent shareholder of a major club relating to “dual interest” and “fit and proper person” rules.
• A major Scottish SGB in relation to alleged breaches of the Laws of the Game brought by FIFA which involved the use of so-called “political symbols” by the national team involving proceedings being raised at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.
• A major Scottish SGB on a sensitive investigation into the conduct of a club and certain players and its officials in relation to a serious off-field incident.
• Acting for a major SGB in conducting a detailed review and thereafter revising its disciplinary rules and procedures.
• Acting for a Scottish SGB advising on and thereafter carrying out detailed revisions of its Commonwealth Games selection policy.
• Acting for a Scottish cyclist in a selection appeal against her non-nomination for the Commonwealth Games.
• Acting for Scottish SGB providing advice on whether European and World governing body regulations were discriminatory and/or manifestly unfair in the way they treated UK athletes versus European/international athletes.