His Honour Judge Richard Hacon
Judge, IPEC
His Honour Judge Richard Hacon was appointed as the first full time judge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court with effect from 3rd December 2013.
Richard acts in cases covering all aspects of intellectual property law. Due to his science background Richard is often instructed in highly technical patent actions and these often involve biotechnology and chemical fields.
His work in trade mark and design litigation has included many of the most significant recent cases. He has acted in many reported copyright, design right, passing off and confidential information cases. He has also acted in litigation concerning commercial contracts.
Richard has appeared in the English courts at all levels, in the European Court of Justice and the European Court of First Instance. He appears several times each year in the European Patent Office.