Paul Stephenson

Paul Stephenson joined St. James's Chambers having practised at the bar in Hong Kong for several years. He specialises in Intellectual Property Law, having commenced his career after graduation in a leading firm of patent & trade mark attorneys. His research into the question "Are the National Intellectual Property Laws of EC Member States the Antithesis of Free Competition?" was awarded a credit pass in Leicester University's International School for Industrial Relations LL.M programme in European Management & Employment Law.

His practice mainly covers copyright, trade marks, designs, patents, restraint of trade, confidential information and passing off and related contractual and licensing matters. He has experience in dealing with conflicts of laws and intellectual property aspects of computers and the internet.He has published several articles and presented numerous seminars about different aspects of intellectual property law and is the principle author of Cyberlaw in Hong Kong published by Butterworths. With reference to the internet, Paul is interested in the development of the law as it relates to privacy and possible legal solutions to the "spamming" problem.

Paul's interests include Victorian engineering especially railway engineering and biographies of famous engineers, astronomical developments, sports especially cricket and football.