Alec is a Legal Director in Birketts LLP’s Intellectual Property Law (Contentious) Team based in the Cambridge office. Alec was admitted as a Barrister in 1998 and joined Birketts in September 2023. Alec advises on a wide range of intellectual property law disputes acting for clients in contentious matters involving copyright, trade marks, misuse of confidential information, the law of passing off, design rights and patents. Alec’s contentious intellectual property experience covers a wide range of products and services from digital images, published literary content (print and online), audio-visual content and software to beauty products, jewellery, designer furniture and vaping kits. He has also extensive experience of handling IP claims involving digital intermediary service providers. Alec’s industry sector experience covers publishing (print and online), technology, social media and retail (both online and instore). He regularly handles cases with an international dimension working with clients to achieve strategic goals in co-ordination with local counsel in other jurisdictions. He offers clients commercially focussed advice and, where appropriate, assists clients with negotiation of settlement agreements.
