2 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE, LONDON, SE1 2AP, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7842 8000
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7842 8080
- DX:
- 144362 SOUTHWARK 4
- Web:
- www.laytons.com
- Email:
Esther Gunaratnam
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7842 8000
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Work Department
Partner in intellectual property, technology and media, and corporate and commercial.
Position
All aspects of IP with particular emphasis on brand protection and exploitation, patent and brand licensing, IT contracts and advising on broadband commercial IP issues. Recent work: UK brand protection matters for a global non-alcoholic beverage company; in and out licenses; biotech; IT contracts including software licenses, ASP and SaaS agreements, IT service contracts, acting for supplier and customer sides; defending businesses through Business Software Alliance audit requests; successful trade mark case regarding validity of shop trade mark.
Career
Trained Bristows; qualified 1998; partner Laytons 2008 to date; speaker in Creative Exchange with China conference 2008.
Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin.
Education
Sacred Heart Canossian College, Hong Kong; Bedford High School; Imperial College, London (1994 MEng Hons Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management); College of Law (1995 CPE; 1996 LPC merit).
Leisure
Badminton, cooking, travel.
Practice Areas
Electronic commerce; Information technology; Intellectual property
