Principaux dossiers

• Acting for the Roald Dahl Story Company Limited in connection with a variety of matters including conducting trade mark clearance searches and filing and registering various trade marks globally.
  
• Acting for Fontaine Limited on ongoing strategy to protect the client’s brands of their key fragrances, as well as providing clearance searches of new brands to align with the client’s marketing campaigns and thereafter filing and prosecuting various trade mark applications.
  
• Continue to act for Woof Wear Limited as defendant in court proceedings for copyright infringement of various articles of equine goods.
  

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• Obtaining summary judgment for a licensor of global data in relation to a complex licensing, copyright and database right claim.
  
• Advising the UK subsidiary of Brooks Sports in High Court trade mark infringement proceedings issued against it by Puma.
  
• Acting as trade mark counsel to a number of major US brands including Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, and Discovery, advising on clearance, portfolio management, and enforcement.
  

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• Assisted Hauschild GmbH & Co. KG to assert its trade mark rights and other rights against a former commercial partner (now a competitor).
  
• Continue to act for XP Power in relation to the protection and enforcement of its trade marks, being responsible for management of XP Power’s global trade mark portfolio.
  
• Continue to advise Brompton Technologies Limited and other group companies on various global IP issues, including carrying out clearance searches, advising on and filing new trade mark applications, handling trade mark renewals and portfolio management administration and advising on trade mark enforcement action.
  

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• Advising Sycurio in relation to a multi-jurisdictional patent enforcement project against a key competitor – with claims issued in both the High Court and in the US.
  
• Advising global casino operator Ballys Corp on game content acquisition for the full range of its global online gaming sites and native applications.
  

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Principaux dossiers

• Managing Wise Payments Limited’s trade mark portfolio and litigation work around the world and are currently representing them in a trade mark infringement and passing off claim before IPEC.
  
• Representing Sconnect Vietnam Investment Technology & Services Company Ltd in a copyright dispute in connection with a claim brought against them by Entertainment One UK Limited and Astley Baker Davies Limited.
  
• Advised Literary Properties LLC on the acquisition of a majority share of the IP rights in the literary estate of well-known Finnish author Arto Paasilinna.
  

Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

• Carried out both contentious and non-contentious IP work for Queensberry Promotions Limited, firming up the business’ brand protection, advising on sponsorship arrangements with third parties and branding agreements with boxing venues as well as managing, expanding and prosecuting QPL’s global trade mark portfolio.
  
• Managing Miller Harris Fragrances Limited’s global portfolio of trade marks, including further strategic expansion and the defence of opposition proceedings overseas.
  
• Advised a London and New York based provider of leadership and development programs in relation to its brand protection, registered a raft of figurative and word marks to secure its branding in the UK and are currently advising on expansion of protection overseas.
  

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• Appointed to manage the intellectual property portfolio of Thatchers Cider Company Limited.
  
• Delivered training to Outreach Agency Limited’s talent managers and senior management on intellectual property law in the context of content creation and the influencer marketing industry.
  
• Trade mark protection over multiple territories for Kurate Music Limited’s business and filing of trade mark applications for a number of key brands the client uses in the UK, EU, US, Canada and New Zealand.
  

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• Assisting Compare The Market with managing online brand protection and the management of the trade mark portfolio.
  
• Instructed by Learning Resources Inc to deal with a strategically important trade mark dispute in the UK involving an opposition and linked cancellation actions against our US client’s UK trademarks that have been in place for over 20 years.
  
• Advised Gaia Skincare Limited over the trade mark portfolio and devised and implemented a trade mark filing strategy in the UK, EU and USA.
  

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• Acting for Pagis (UK) Limited in the case of Pagis (UK) Limited and Ambiente Systems Limited v Ambian A Limited, an ongoing claim which will be issued in the IPEC, for trade mark infringement and passing off.
  
• Acting for the third and fourth Defendants in Scolmore Ltd v Dean Electrical Wholesale Limited and others claim in the IPEC for an alleged infringement of a registered trade mark and associated breach of contract.
  
• Advising Emily Powell Studio Ltd on contracting with a London Gallery to stage an exhibition of their work, Involving consideration of various IP rights and contractual issues.
  

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• Advised Josh Wood Holdings, in relation to all of its international trade mark matters.
  
• Advised various client of TLG (Netherlands) in relation to UK trade mark matters.
  
• Advised photographer Michel Haddi on the exploitation of his portfolio.
  

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• Advised James Gin on IP in recipes for its range of Gin products and the collaborations with third parties and distilleries in the supply process to ensure the brand retains its IP in the products created.
  
• Advised Huma Qazi on negotiations with leading banks about delivering strategic services and training for D&I cultural change, including advice on the brand, and how to protect the copyright in the e-learning content created for the platform and App, preparing terms and conditions and adapting the user journey and customer engagement to minimise opportunities for copying content.
  
• Advised Clarks and negotiated the new partnership with Ventrica to provide omnichannel external customer communications to Clarks; this included strategic advice on Intellectual Property Rights within the materials being created in the course of the customer communications services and the processes being deployed.
  

Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

• Successfully assisted a luxury tender manufacturer defend a non-use trade mark cancellation action in China alongside Chinese lawyer, as well as file new applications for new branding in the UK, EU, US and China.
  
• Assisting a food and drink luxury hamper retailer file new UK applications and successfully defend the applications against a chocolate brands.
  
• Advising a global retailer of specialist books on issuing a copyright, trade mark infringement and passing off claim.
  

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• Advising the shareholders of Cedar Bay (Europe) Limited and Cedar Bay (North America) in the acquisition of HSCBE Ltd and Cedar Bay North America Inc., providing detailed intellectual property, information technology and data protection advice to the selling shareholders.
  
• Advising St. Austell Brewery Company Limited, managing the client’s trade mark portfolio (which includes over 120 marks), deals with trade mark filings, prosecutions, enforcement, oppositions and renewals.
  
• Advising Finisterre UK Limited, manging their trade mark and design right portfolio.
  

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• Acting for Retail Trust in the protection of their wellbeing brand BETTER YOU.
  
• Advising ICE Trikes on protecting their key brands through their global selective distribution network.
  
• Advising Transform MS CIC on licences of multiple sclerosis scales to international pharmaceutical companies for use in important medical research trials.
  

Principaux dossiers

• Advised Hobbycraft in relation to various IP matters, including but not limited to the management of its IP portfolio and its IP-related disputes, which involved the unauthorised use and misuse of Hobbycraft images online and in-store.
  
• Advised the shareholders of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee in the sale of the entire issued share capital of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee Limited to Britvic Soft Drinks Limited.
  
• Advised Amy Goodman Sculptor and Portrait Artist Ltd in the negotiation of contracts for a commission to produce two bronze statues of the late Queen to be located in public spaces in Andover and Romsey.