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People | Mark Owen
Mark is a Partner and head of firm's Intellectual Property Practice and joint head of the eCommerce / Technology Group. His practice focuses on the use and protection of all types of copyright works, designs and brands with a particular interest in online and other digital media. Much of his work involves advising on new issues raised by technological advances.
Mark acts for many suppliers and providers of web technology, mobile service providers, online advertisers and emerging growth companies. He regularly speaks at internet and IP related conferences in the UK and US, ranging from the PLI's Internet Institute in New York to the Edinburgh TV Festival. Topics he speaks on include the legal requirements for commercial communications with children, marketing to women on-line, selling software on-line and the rise of ASPs and the effect of the internet on the music and TV industries.
Mark also works with the Advertising, Aviation, Charities and Fashion Groups. He is a member of the Law Society's IP Working Party and INTA's rights of publicity committee.
Mark joined Harbottle & Lewis in 1998 from Clifford Chance and was made a Partner in 1999. He is a member of the California Bar, the International Trade Mark Association, the Computer Law Association and the Society for Computers and Law.
Articles by Mark Owen:
Mark Owen and Richard Foster discuss why the new proposals place a much higher burden on data controllers than the old regime.
As clouds continue to gather around ACTA and other attempts to control online use of copyright works, today's ruling from the European Court provides a useful illustration of the practical challenges enforcement poses.
After many years of argument, the EU has finally all but reached agreement on introducing a truly harmonised EU patent system. However, the new system is being held up by what may seem from a distance to be a somewhat petty squabble about the location of the Court which would deal with disputes arising under the patent.
On 25 January 2012 the European Commission published its proposals for a comprehensive reform of the EU's data protection laws designed to strengthen online privacy and harmonise data protection rules within the EU.
The UK government has launched a consultation on some potentially important changes to UK copyright law. The consultation follows an exhaustive review undertaken by the Hargreaves Committee over the last year.
Two important new Opinions have been given by the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice today (29 November 2011). These will be of particular interest to anyone involved with the protection of trade marks in the EU or the use or protection of computer software.
As soon as the European Court of Justice (CJEU) held in July this year that eBay may be liable if it did not take some proactive steps to prevent infringers trading through its site, questions have been raised over how impregnable statutory safe harbours for other digital service providers really are.
Mark Owen discusses the issues surrounding whether the licensing practices of the Football Association Premier League (FAPL) in the exploitation of its live football matches are compatible with European law, including competition law. An advisory opinion provided to the CJEU by the EU's Advocate General earlier this year (opinions which the Court usually but not invariably follows), has concluded that they are not.
One of the most eagerly awaited court decisions in Europe was handed down yesterday (12 July 2011) by the European Court of Justice. It is likely to be an important decision in clarifying where the balance lies in the liability of online service providers for unauthorised acts which take place over their services.
