dominic Hughes

Called to the Bar 2001

Practice areas
All aspects of intellectual property law – including patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs and confidential information.

 

Dominic specialises in running his own cases without a leader – for example he has appeared without a leader in each of the following Courts and tribunals:  the Court of Appeal, the High Court, County Courts (including the Patents County Court) and the Intellectual Property Office (both at first instance and on appeal).

Legal press

Described in Legal Week (October 2005) as an “up and coming junior junior” and “definitely one to watch”.

Selected cases
Court of Appeal
• Handi-Craft v B Free World [2008] EWCA Civ 868 (patent validity)
• Procter & Gamble v Reckitt Benckiser [2007] EWCA Civ 936 (registered community designs - infringement and validity)
• Markem v Zipher [2005] RPC 31 (patent entitlement and breach of confidence)

High Court & Other Tribunals

• H. Lundbeck v Infosint [2011] EWHC 907 (patent infringement and validity)

• Powawalker Trade Mark  (O/411/10, Registry) (trade marks)

• Roja Dove Trade Mark (O/016/10, Appointed Person) (trade marks)

• Care Monitoring v Burall [2008] EWPCC 28

• Eli Lilly v Neopharma & Neolab [2008] FSR 25
• Handi-Craft v B Free World [2007] EWHC B10 (two week trial covering 5 causes of action (patents, passing off, copyright, trade marks and conspiracy))
• Handi-Craft v B Free World (Nos. 2, 3 and 4) (consequential relief)
• Procter & Gamble v Reckitt Benckiser [2007] FSR 13 (registered community designs - infringement and validity)
• Sandisk v Koninklijke Philips (patent infringement, validity and essentiality)
• Markem v Zipher (No. 2) [2004] RPC 11 (judgments)
• Markem v Zipher (No. 3) [2005] RPC 3 (patent entitlement)
• Liaoning Light v Yu (O/71/04) (trade marks, validity)
• Baker Hughes v Halliburton [2002] EWHC 2524 (patent amendment))

Publications

Academic Papers

• Product state resolved stereodynamics: rotational polarization of OH(²Π;v',N',Ω,f) scattered from the reaction, H + CO₂ -> OH + CO.

M. Brouard, I. Burak, D.W. Hughes, K.S. Kalogerakis, J.P. Simons and V. Stavros

J. Chem. Phys., 113, 3173 (2000).

 • The product rovibrational and spin-orbit state dependent dynamics of the complex reaction H + CO₂ -> OH (²Π; v, N, Ω, f) + CO: memories of a lifetime.

M. Brouard, D.W. Hughes, K.S. Kalogerakis and J.P. Simons

J. Chem. Phys., 112, 4557 (2000).

 • An experimental study of the dynamics of the reaction H + CO₂ -> OH(v', j', f) + CO: product state-resolved differential cross sections and translational energy release distributions.

M. Brouard, D.W. Hughes, K.S. Kalogerakis and J.P. Simons

J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 9559 (1998).

 

Books

• Law and Justice Bible Studies (LCF) (contributor).

 • The Oxford Union Guide to Speaking in Public (Virgin Books, 2004 and 2000) (co-author).

Professional links

• Bar Pro Bono Unit

• Intellectual Property Bar Association

• Chancery Bar Association

• Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship

EDUCATION
• Bar Vocational Course at Inns of Court School of Law
Awarded Bedingfield Scholarship by Gray’s Inn and also Barstow Scholarship, CCH Editions Prize and placed 4th overall in the year
• CPE at City University. Graded: Distinction. Awards: Gray’s Inn City Prize, Gray’s Inn Entrance Award
• University of Oxford, Jesus College, Qualification: D. Phil. in Physical Chemistry. Awards: Old Members’ Graduate Scholarship, Shell Research Studentship
• University College, London. Qualification: B.Sc. in Chemistry, 1st class. Awards: Neil Sharp Prize for Theoretical Chemistry; Christopher Ingold Prize for Chemistry (twice); ERASMUS award