Timothy Pinto

Tim is senior counsel in our IP/IT group, specialising in trade marks, copyright, media and advertising matters. He has a particular expertise in advising on user generated content and reputation management matters. He advises media, technology, life sciences and financial services companies on preventing and resolving disputes. Tim is head of the firm’s UK Publishing group.

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Career

Since 2000

Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Consumer & retail Life sciences & healthcare Fintech Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology Artificial intelligence & machine learning

Experience

Media companies, including publishers and broadcasters	Media companies, including publishers and broadcasters on defending defamation and privacy claims, including in relation to user generated content.
Online publishers and data owners	Online publishers and data owners on data aggregation ('scraping') projects and a successful emergency international arbitration to protect data.
High profile companies and individuals	High profile companies and individuals on protecting their reputations and privacy, including in the media and on social media, finding the identity of anonymous posters and obtaining an anonymous injunction.

Well-known electronics brands	Well-known electronics brands on parallel imports and copyright issues.
Financial services companies	Financial services companies on trade mark oppositions and litigation.
Architecture and design companies	Architecture and design companies on design and copyright protection and enforcement.

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Awards

Chambers UK 2019	Associate to watch - Defamation/Reputation Management: Timothy Pinto is adept at advising companies and high net worth individuals on the full range of privacy and defamation matters. Sources say: "He has a great ability to remain calm. He is flexible in his approach and willing to consider a wide range of scenarios before deciding on final tactics. He has a wonderful approach to promoting consensus within a group through his manner and attitude."
Chambers UK 2018	Associate to watch - Defamation - Reputation Management: Timothy Pinto is an expert in defamation, privacy and data protection, with a particular specialisation in user-generated content and cases relating to anonymous publishers. Sources say: "He's an extremely attentive, exceptionally thoughtful lawyer who thinks things through from the commercial side as much as the legal side."
Chambers UK 2016	Clients describe him as “very academic: he will analyse the situation and be very specific in his response.“

Latest news & insights

Interface - Media update 2023

Arron Banks' partial win against Carol Cadwalladr – Court of Appeal overturns High Court on serious harm

Timothy Pinto looks at the impact of the Court of Appeal decision in Banks v Cadwalladr on the interpretation of the 'serious harm' test under s1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013.

12 June 2023

by Timothy Pinto

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