Education
2006-2007: 12 months pupillage completed at 3 New Square covering all areas of intellectual property law with Colin Birss, Tom Hinchliffe, Tom Mitcheson, and Denise McFarland as pupil masters.

2005-2006: Bar Vocational Course (top 5% in year), BPP Law School, London

2004-2005: Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, London.          

2001-2004: BA (First Class, Hons.) (Natural Sciences), Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Awards & Scholarships
Middle Temple: JJ Powel Prize (for finishing in top 5% on BVC),
Astbury Scholar,
Emmanuel College: Senior Scholar, 3 college prizes.

What others are saying

Ranked as an "up and coming" junior in Chambers and Partners 2010: "Joe Delaney is another promising individual, who exhibits "strong technical skills." He has been involved in some high-profile cases of late, including Nokia v InterDigital, Ratiopharm v ALZA and ALZA v Sandoz."

Recognised in the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) publication: IAM Life Sciences 250 - The World's Leading Life Sciences Patent Litigators 2010: "Natural Sciences graduate Joe Delaney was only called to the bar in 2006 but is already winning rave reviews as "a barrister who is mature beyond his years and who is destined to go all the way to the top"

Recent and on-going Cases

Patents

Novartis v Medimmune [2010] (Patents Court, infringement and revocation action concerning antibodies from phage display)

Gedeon Richter v Bayer [2010] (Patents Court, infringement and revocation action concerning pharmaceutical formulation of contraceptive pills)

Fosroc v W.R. Grace [2010] EWHC 1702 (Pat) (Patents Court, revocation action concerning cement admixtures)

TIP v Motorola [2010] (Patents Court, infringement, 'essentiality' and revocation action concerning the GPRS mobile phone system)

RIM v Motorola [2010] EWHC 118 (Pat) (Patents Court, infringement and revocation action concerning mobile email systems)

Ratiopharm v ALZA; ALZA v Sandoz [2009] EWHC 213 (Pat)(Patents Court, infringement and revocation action concerning transdermal fentanyl patches)

Nokia Corporation v InterDigital [2007] EWHC 3077 (Pat); InterDigital v Nokia & NSN [2008] (Patents Court, 3G and GSM mobile phone litigation to determine 'essentiality' to the ETSI standards)

Diageo v Intercontinental Brands [2010] EWHC 17 (Ch) (High Court and Court of Appeal, action for extended form passing-off involving the 'VODKAT' range of products)

Bees v Future Let [2010] (Patents County Court, action for passing-off)

L'Oreal v eBay & Ors [2008] (High Court, action for trademark infringement, including a claim for contribution and indemnity against a joint infringer.)

Northamptonshire Police Authority v Barron [2007&8] (High Court, obtained default judgment for injunctive relief in a copyright and breach of confidence case, and subsequent orders enforcing the judgment)

The Arboricultural Association & Ors v Stanley & Ors [2008] (High Court, claim for trademark infringement and passing-off)

Albert Packaging v Nampak Cartons [2010] (Patents County Court, action for infringement of unregistered design right)

Other work has included a number of appearances before the UK IPO (including trademark oppositions and interim applications)

Publications
S. Wheelwright, S. Baron-Cohen, N. Goldenfeld, J. Delaney, D. Fine, R. Smith, L. Weil and A. Wakabayashi, (2006). “Predicting Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) from the Systemizing Quotient-Revised (SQ-R) and Empathy Quotient (EQ)”, Brain Research 1079:47-56 A. Wakabayashi, S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright, N. Goldenfeld, J. Delaney, D. Fine, R. Smith and L. Weil, (2006). “Development of short forms of the Empathy Quotient (EQ-Short) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ-Short)”, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 41, Issue 5, October 2006, Pages 929-940

Professional Association Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, IP Bar Association