Theo advises on all aspects of intellectual property law, including the protection,  and licensing of intellectual property. The focus of Theo's practice is on IP disputes including copyright, design right and database right infringements, trade mark infringement and passing off as well as patent infringement/validity,  and breach of confidence disputes.

Theo has devised and managed policing and enforcement programmes for clients to protect their intellectual property rights, using a range of tactics from simple negotiation to emergency injunctions to achieve the appropriate result.
Theo also advises on large commercial disputes, which include IT and cross border disputes.

Theo qualified as an English solicitor in 1994 with Allen & Overy where he worked in the litigation department until joining Osborne Clarke as a partner in 2002.

Theo has over ten years' experience advising clients in the technology and media sectors. Some examples of Theo's recent case are:

Advising a manufacturer of satellite TV decoder cards on an anti-counterfeiting campaign in relation to counterfeit decoder cards.

Acting for the manufacturer of zip disks in defending claims of copyright and design right infringement and breach of confidence, including successfully defending an interim injunction application.

Acting for William Hill in the leading English case on database rights infringement brought out by the British Horseracing Board and relating to William Hill's use of horseracing data on its internal gambling site.

Acting for a UK IT company in relation to copyright infringement and breach of confidence in relation to misuse of its source code by a third party supplier.