Ben Williams
Partner
Ben is a partner in the intellectual property and technology team.
Ben is a partner in the intellectual property and technology team and joined the firm in 2018 as a result of the merger between JAG Shaw Baker and Withers.
He primarily advises VC-backed technology companies on the protection, commercialisation and enforcement of new technologies. Ben has particular experience representing software and hardware providers (and all the hybrid companies in-between) in, amongst others, the foodtech & agritech, telecoms & tech infrastructure, edtech, digital health, and deeptech sectors.
Ben also has the following expertise:
- Drafting and negotiating saas licensing agreements (especially enterprise level);
- Advising clients on disruptive business models (including the use of litigation to clear the path to market);
- Crafting novel legal documents that enable the commercialisation of new technologies and innovative business models;
- Representing clients in technology disputes by enforcing business-critical and technology-related IP.
Ben also has higher-rights of audience and is able to represent clients in the senior civil courts in England and Wales.
Track record
Admissions
Publications
Memberships
Talks
Represented a health tech client in relation to the distribution of medical device technology to hospitals, care homes and other healthcare settings in the USA. The deal was worth c.100 million USD.
Representing an edtech company at a mediation in Singapore in a claim concerning breach of contract and copyright infringement in (inter alia) the USA, UK, Singapore, and Sweden.
Representing a national tabloid newspaper before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in a high-profile copyright infringement dispute (involving the digital rights in an audio-visual work) against another national tabloid newspaper.
England and Wales, 2013
Higher rights of audience, England and Wales, 2013
5 reasons why wine producers need to protect their brand.
Written submissions to a Parliamentary Select Committee (Culture, Media and Sport Committee) in relation to ‘Fake news’: the growing phenomenon of widespread dissemination, through social media and the internet, and acceptance as fact of stories of uncertain provenance or accuracy.
The financial liability of ISPs: comparing the E-Commerce Directive with the optimal approach.
IPSoc
Real Estate innovation think tank (2021)
Digital Health.London innovation series (2019-2020)
BT innovation, TechEast: Intellectual Property for start-ups (2014)
Me in a minute
I'm at my best when helping tech companies to push the boundaries
Education
Languages
- English
