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Rebecca Lawrence
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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
Trained Linklaters; qualified January 2000; Bristows 2000-07; Powell Gilbert LLP 2007 to date; partner 2008.
Member
AIPPI; LSLA; EPLAW; IPLA.
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
Photography, travel.
Practice Areas
Healthcare; Intellectual property; Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology