Ben Evans

Ben is a dual-qualified solicitor and chartered trade mark attorney and advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters.

Main areas of practice

Ben focuses on trade mark clearance searching, brand strategy and world-wide trade mark prosecutions as well as dealing with a range of intellectual property disputes and litigation including trade mark, passing off, design right, copyright and breach of confidence disputes.

Ben also advises clients on reputation management matters, particular where such disputes involve the internet and more specifically social media.

Increasingly Ben’s advice is also sought by employers and employees alike on issues relating to the misuse of confidential information, breaches of restrictive covenants and passing off.

Clients

• Wiggle
• feelunique
• Be Wiser Insurance
• Harlequin Football Club
• Premier Marinas

Significant experience

Advising various clients in relation to trade mark prosecutions, oppositions and cancellation proceedings at the UK IPO, OHIM and, through a network of international agents, throughout the world. Recent published Registry decisions include:

Harlequin v Harlequine (acting for the Opponent): Case No. 002453960

Mcfit v Mefit (acting for the Applicant): O/601/15

PIP/PIP Studio v My Cat Pip (acting for the Opponent): O/109/14

Advising clients in relation to intellectual property infringement matters (of various types) including representation at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and the High Court.

Advising a leading online retailer on its international trade mark portfolio management including dealing with various trade mark disputes across the world.

Advising a UK based charity regarding an impersonation Twitter account that was posting malicious Tweets seemingly on behalf of the charity. The Twitter account was suspended, and then deleted, within 24 hours of our first instruction.

Advising a market leading leisure operator on the suspension of a rival Facebook account that was using the client’s copyright materials.

Carrying out pre-publication reviews of advertisements, articles and books on behalf of publishers, individual authors and, increasingly third sector organisations.

Advising an individual on the take-down of various defamatory articles published on the websites of certain national newspapers.

Advising an SME in a trade mark infringement matter regarding counterfeit car accessories resulting in a favourable settlement.

Dealing with numerous trade mark infringement/passing off matters involving Google Adwords and keywords in general on behalf of a leading consumer insurance broker.

Advising various clients (particular in the recruitment industry) on breach of confidence, infringement of database rights and breach of restrictive covenant issues relating to ex-employees.

Expertise

• Defamation
• Intellectual Property
• IP Disputes
• Trade Marks

Career

Ben trained and practised with a niche intellectual property firm before joining Blake Morgan in 2012. He has an LLM in intellectual property law.

Ben currently guest lectures, in Intellectual Property, at Southampton Solent University and the University of Southampton as well as providing training to clients in areas such as brand protection and social media.