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Rebecca Lawrence

Tel:
Work +44 20 3008 8085
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Powell Gilbert LLP

Work Department

Intellectual property.

Position

Partner specialising in intellectual property litigation. Experienced in litigation before the UK IPO, High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords, and in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office. Extensive experience of patent infringement, revocation and entitlement disputes. Regularly involved in co-ordinating litigation in the UK with parallel actions in other jurisdictions. Involved in registering intellectual property rights with HMRC, and in securing the detention of goods, in relation to both patent and trade mark infringement. Experience of anti-counterfeiting, lookalike and parallel import matters for well-known household brands.

Career

Career: Trained Linklaters; qualified January 2000; Bristows 2000-07; Powell Gilbert LLP 2007 to date; partner 2008.

Member

Member: AIPPI; LSLA; EPLAW; IPLA.

Education

Education: Oxford University (1995 MA Biological Sciences, first-class); The College of Law, Chester (1996 CPE, distinction; 1997 LPC, distinction); Bristol University (2001 Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice).

Leisure

Leisure: Photography, travel.

Practice Areas

Healthcare; Intellectual property; Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology

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