Personal Experience
Tyrone is an experienced and award winning international intellectual property lawyer who provides valuable advice to both national and multinational businesses across a range of sections.
Tyrone’s IP experiences includes:
- Intellectual Property rights, including trade mark infringement, passing-off and unlawful competition matters
- Trade mark oppositions
- Copyright litigation
- Franchising and licensing disputes
- Corporate name, social media and domain name objections
- Advertising complaints
His profound expertise has rated him as a leading practitioner in the field of trade mark enforcement and contentious Intellectual Property matters, and led him to be acknowledged as a leading lawyer by:
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018– Intellectual Property
- Chambers Global Guide 2021, 2020, 2019 ,2018 – Intellectual Property
- World Trademark Review’s (WTR 1000) 2021, 2019, 2018
- Managing IP: IP Stars 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Tyrone has significant experience in the entertainment and sponsorship industries and has assisted high profile brands, celebrities, and events companies.
Matters
Examples of Tyrone’s work include:
- Acted for Coca-Cola in trade mark infringement proceedings brought against Pepsi
- Acted for Coca-Cola in advertising disputes brought against Pepsi
- Assisted SAPPI (the world’s largest paper manufacturer) in rebranding and protecting its brand worldwide
- Assisted various celebrities, musicians and sports stars in protecting their brand, including DJ Black Coffee, Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho
- Assisted the US TV Daily Show host and comedian Trevor Noah in drafting and concluding various entertainment and sponsorship agreements.
- Assisted Chelsea Football Club with the enforcement of its brand in Africa
- Assisted Toyota in trade mark opposition proceedings
- Acted for Bosch in copyright and counterfeit goods proceedings
- Acted for Louis Vuitton and Gucci in various business name disputes
