Brand Protection

Brands shape the creative industries. From innovative and international business to individual projects and high-profile personalities, we advise clients across all aspects of brand selection, protection, enforcement and exploitation.

Protecting and maximising the value of your brand

Our Brand Protection team provides strategic, commercially focused advice across the full life cycle of brands and soft-IP rights. Our team of specialist trade mark attorneys and solicitors safeguard and realise the value of our clients’ brands worldwide.

We streamline the process of brand selection and protection, advising on where, when and how to secure trade mark and design rights effectively. Our pro-active global portfolio management service supports household names and emerging brands alike, ensuring long term protection.

When disputes arise, our focus is a practical and cost-effective resolution, whatever the arena. We represent clients in national and international matters, before registries, tribunals and courts, bringing deep expertise and a commercial mindset to achieve the best possible outcome.

In the digital age, protecting a brand’s online presence is essential. We offer a robust suite of online monitoring and enforcement services, advise on domain name acquisition and recovery, tackle cyber-squatting, and deal with online infringements swiftly and strategically.

We enable our clients to unlock the value of their brands, and support the exploitation of their soft IP rights, advising in relation to licensing, joint ventures, sponsorship and franchising agreements, along with providing key support in a range of transactions.

Our Brand Protection Expertise includes:
  • Global clearance and filing strategies and implementation, including ongoing and proactive international portfolio management and advisory services
  • Watching, online monitoring, and enforcement services, including anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting, and online take-down services
  • Soft IP dispute resolution services, including before tribunals, registries and courts, in the UK and internationally
  • Domain name acquisition and recovery
  • Soft IP and brand-focussed licensing, joint ventures, sponsorship and franchising agreements
  • Supporting the acquisition and sale of brands and brand-focussed businesses
Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
SPECIALIST AREAS

Brand-led licensing, sponsorship, franchising and joint ventures

Brand monitoring, enforcement, anti-piracy and online takedowns

Domain name acquisition and recovery

Soft IP disputes and litigation (UK and international)

Global trade mark clearance, filing and portfolio management

Supporting the acquisition and sale of brands and brand-focussed businesses

Milka Sculac Sennett
Trade Mark Administrator, Brand Protection
Milka Sculac Sennett
Trade Mark Administrator, Brand Protection
Mark Stafford
Partner, Dispute Resolution
Mark Stafford
Partner, Dispute Resolution
Sophie Anim
Senior Associate, Dispute Resolution
Sophie Anim
Senior Associate, Dispute Resolution
Ikechi Iwenofu
Trade Mark Administrator, Brand Protection
Ikechi Iwenofu
Trade Mark Administrator, Brand Protection
Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
Alice Martins
Trade Mark Attorney
Alice Martins
Trade Mark Attorney
Vicki Spena
Executive PA / Paralegal - Dispute Resolution & Brand Protection
Vicki Spena
Executive PA / Paralegal - Dispute Resolution & Brand Protection
Helene Whelbourn
Legal Director, Dispute Resolution
Helene Whelbourn
Legal Director, Dispute Resolution
Milena Velikova
Trade Mark Attorney, Brand Protection
Milena Velikova
Trade Mark Attorney, Brand Protection
Dominic Bray
Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution
Dominic Bray
Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution
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“The firm is well-known for acting for a very broad range of media companies and they understand the industry in a way few others do.”
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS
“I am not surprised they are growing in size and stature in the market – a nimble, fast-growing player in the IP field.”
LEGAL 500
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