Policy

Procedure

Complaints Submission Form

Response Submission Form

Reply Submission Form

Basic Guide to DRS

Timetable

Decisions

Experts

1997 - present

Chambers of Steven Gee QC/Geoffrey Brice QC

Barrister specialising in IP and IT law
WIPO panellist for domain name disputes (since December 2000)

1995-7

Coopers & Lybrand, London

Head of IP and IT law in multi-disciplinary practice

1983-1995

Chambers of Alastair Wilson QC

Barrister specialising in IP and IT law

1982-3

Chambers of Leonard Hoffmann QC, Robin Jacob QC and Alastair Wilson QC

Pupillage in chambers specialising in Chancery Commercial and IP law

1980

Sughrue Rothwell Mion Zinn & MacPeak

Law clerk at IP and Antitrust attorneys, Washington DC

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

1982

Admitted to the Bar of England and Wales

1981-2

Queen Mary College, London

Associate student, 1st and 2nd year courses in electronic engineering and organic chemistry/biochemistry

1980-1

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut d'Etudes Européennes

Post-Graduate Degree in European Law

1979-80

Inns of Court School of Law

Bar Examinations

1976-9

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Law Degree

1971-5

Rugby School

A levels in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
S levels in Mathematics and Chemistry

PUBLICATIONS

Marks & Clerk's European Patent Infringement Cases (1999)

European Patent Office Reports (1979 - 95)

Halsbury's Laws and Vaughan's Law of the European Communities (1985-1997) - chapters on the application of EC competition law to IP and vertical agreements

Countdown to 2000 - A Guide to the Legal Issues (Butterworths, 1998)

Association between Acute Glaucoma, the Weather and Sunspot Activity (British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1978)

OTHER INFORMATION

Professional Associations and Appointments

Member of IP Bar Association, Society for Computers and the Law, Competition Law Association, ICC UK Commission on Intellectual Property, Bar European Group
Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Patent Agents

Languages

Competent in French