Toby Bond

Toby Bond is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Group. His primary practice area is Intellectual Property Law.

Having studied physics at university, he is fascinated by technology and the way in which it is reshaping the world. Working at the intersection of copyright, trade secrets, contracts, regulation and data, he supports clients with the development, deployment and commercialisation of AI technology and acts for clients in disputes relating to AI, data licensing and web scraping.

He is recognised by Chambers as a Global Market Leader for AI, by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner for AI and by Lexology Index as an International Thought Leader for AI. He is the author of chapters in Wolters Kluwer's The EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: A Commentary, International Handbook of AI Law and Law of Raw Data, and co-author of the UK chapter of Thomson Reuters' Trade Secrets Throughout the World.

As part of his broader practice, he has a strong background in patent disputes, with experience covering a wide range of high-tech matters, from semiconductor fabrication and layout to analogue and digital electronics, flash memory, communication protocols and equipment, operating systems, software, IoT and video coding.

He also advises manufacturers, importers and distributors on product safety legislation and standards affecting product design, manufacture, testing, marking and labelling, as well as environmental legislation covering the disposal of products.