Partner & Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

12th Floor, Bank House Birmingham, B2 5AL, B2 5AL

0121 265 7930

Notable practitioner

English


Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom (England)

Practice areas:

Designs
Trade mark
Trade mark disputes

Industry sectors:

Automotive
Chemistry
Fashion & luxury goods
Retail
Sports


I offer the full spectrum of trade mark services so from registration of trade marks, clearance searches for new brands and enforcement advice, trade mark & design portfolio management and strategy, trade mark & domain name watching services, licence agreements, assignments and global assignment recordal programmes, domain name actions (Nominet & ICANN), Company Name Tribunal actions and advice relating to opposition, invalidity and revocation actions relating to trade marks and designs.

My practical expertise spans a wide number of areas including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, retail, financial and FinTech, animal/pet nutrition, food & drink and the automotive sector. I work with large and small companies and everyone in between - it is this mixture and working with all sectors which keeps my job interesting!

I have a keen interest in Fashion and Retail branding and set up and contribute to the LinkedIn groups, Fashion+IP and Retail+IP.

I have also had articles published in Trademark World, Marques Magazine, ITMA Review and The Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property.

In July 2025, I was awarded the Higher Courts Litigation Certificate by The Intellectual Property Regulation Board. This was following undertaking and passing the Nottingham Law School Intellectual Property Litigation Certificate.

Year joined the firm: 2009

  • UKIPO Opposition Actions, Clearance Searching, Filing Strategy

  • BA (Hons) Law & Sociology (QD), The University of Warwick, 2006
  • Higher Courts Litigation Certificate, Nottingham Law School, 2025
  • Final Trade Mark Exams Qualification, Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, 2011

  • Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, 2011
  • International Trade Mark Association, 2006
  • Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group, 2023