Esther Gottschalk > Marks & Clerk > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Marks & Clerk Offices
ALPHA TOWER
SUFFOLK STREET QUEENSWAY
BIRMINGHAM
B1 1TT
England
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Esther Gottschalk
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Esther advises on all of the trade mark aspects relating to branding and is an expert in securing trade mark rights. Working across numerous industries, she provides clear, strategic advice on how her clients can utilise their IP to achieve their business goals.
Esther is involved in all aspects of trade mark protection and portfolio management including trade mark selection, prosecution and enforcement. She works across a variety of sectors, and has particular experience within automotive, IT, insurance, food & drink and publishing.
Esther’s clients are SMEs and multinational corporations from a range of sectors, with a particular focus on the US market. She manages the international brand and trade mark portfolios of those companies to meet their business needs. Her clients rely on her ability to develop trade mark strategies which clearly match their commercial needs and solve their legal branding challenges as they arise.
Career
Esther graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford, with a degree in English Language and Literature and joined Marks & Clerk in 2001. Prior to working for Marks & Clerk, she worked as an Account Manager for a PR agency and had 7 years’ experience working in PR and marketing. She also teaches at Nottingham Law School on the professional certificate in trade mark practice. Her practice areas for teaching are searching and client management.
Education
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London (2003)
MA (hons) English Language and Literature, University of Oxford (1996)
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
Marks & Clerk boasts a ‘well-established and well-resourced team’ that has a core focus on the creative and entertainment industries, fashion and retail, financial services, and food and drink sectors, as well as the technology sector. The team is well-versed in managing large international portfolios, which often includes filings and opposition and enforcement proceedings before the UKIPO and EPO, as well as brand protection matters and dispute resolution mandates. Trade mark practice head Esther Gottschalk also manages the Birmingham office; she has extensive expertise in working for US corporates and attorney firms. Fluent in French and Spanish, John Ferdinand in Birmingham is another key name to note, with expertise in non-traditional trade marks, such as shape marks. London-based trade mark attorney Michael Barrett is dual qualified as a solicitor with a focus on the sport, entertainment, and media industries. Tom Farrand transitioned to a consultancy role in September 2022.