Darren Meale

Deputy District Judge in the IPEC; Partner, Simmons & Simmons

Darren is a brands lawyer, litigator and portfolio manager and a partner at Simmons & Simmons, a Deputy District Judge in the IPEC and an award-winning innovator. Darren is a member of the INTA Famous Marks committee, the JIPLP Editorial Board and last year was named by the Financial Times as Young Legal Innovator of the Year for his work developing a revolutionary trade mark software tool. Darren is a reputed IPKat blogger and writer of the Retromark trade mark round-ups.