Antony specialises in advising clients in the retail sector on branding, designs and online issues. He leads HGF’s retail team and, prior to joining HGF, performed a similar role at a multi-national law firm. He has advised many fashion clients in relation to garments, footwear and other products.
As a contentious IP lawyer, Antony has handled many major cases including Fields v Klaus Kobec Limited, Julius Saaman and others v Tetrosyl Limited and Specsavers v Asda, each of which are leading cases in the field of trade mark infringement and passing off.
Antony has a long standing reputation in internet-related work. He is one of the experts appointed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation for determining domain name disputes. Antony is also an expert appointed by the Czech Arbitration Court in relation to .eu domain names.