Legal 500 2024
The Set
11 South Square houses a number of highly regarded barristers who act in media and entertainment cases concerning copyright infringement, brand protection and use of goodwill cases, frequently for clients in the music industry. Hugo Cuddigan KC is instructed by digital radio aggregator TuneIn concerning the hyperlinks to international radio stations it provides to its users in Warner Music & Sony Music v TuneIn Inc.
Testimonials
‘Ashley Carr, Sam Fullilove and Jordan Foley are all experienced and user friendly.’
‘Ashley Carr is great to work with, responsive and accommodating to client’s needs, while being realistic about timescales.’
’11 South Square’s clerks are excellent, responsive, clear and will always go the extra mile.’
Legal 500 2023
The Set
Regarded as ‘one of the top IP sets at present‘, 11 South Square acts for film studios, musicians and music producers in a range of copyright and trade mark infringement challenges, with further expertise in royalty disputes and contractual breaches. Hugo Cuddigan KC, considered a ‘top-drawer‘ silk, acted in Sheeran v Chokri, a High Court claim for negative declaratory relief by Ed Sheeran concerning his song “Shape of You” following allegation the song was plagiarized from the respondent’s 2015 song “Oh Why”. Representing the high-profile streaming service, Mark Vanhegan KC acted in EasyGroup Limited v Netflix Inc and Swanberg, a High Court trademark infringement dispute relating to Easy, a Netflix comedy-drama.
Testimonials
Set
‘This set is an excellent set for IP matters.‘
‘11 South Square is one of the top IP sets at present.‘
Chambers and Partners 2024
Hugo Cuddigan KC
Hugo Cuddigan KC is an IP specialist with expertise in all aspects of intellectual property law, including copyright and trade mark matters. He has a wealth of experience representing music industry clients in complex copyright disputes and brand protection cases. He also has experience of appearing before all levels of the UK court system, up to and including the Supreme Court.
“Hugo is brilliant with clients and has a remarkable ability to present complex legal and factual matters in plain English.”
“He is excellent. Very friendly and non-hierarchical; he isn’t a stuffy barrister.”
“Hugo has an ability to make the complex simple. He is good in court; he has no verbosity and has good rapport with judges. He is the difference between winning and losing.”