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Lewis Silkin Offices
Arbor
255 Blackfriars Rd
LONDON
SE1 9AX
England
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Abigail Wise
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Legal Director
Career
Abigail is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and advises a wide variety of clients on all aspects of UK and international trade mark law and practice.
With over 17 years experience both in private practice and in-house, she regularly provides strategic IP advice to clients for the protection and enforcement of trade mark portfolios worldwide. Abigail has substantial experience with portfolio management, oppositions, invalidation and revocation actions, infringement and passing off, taking into account appropriate commercial considerations. She also has advocacy experience in inter partes and ex parte Hearings before the UKIPO.
Abigail has acted for clients across a wide range of industries such as automotive, retail and consumer goods, financial, advertising, marketing, media and technology.
Memberships
Abigail sits on CITMA’s Education, Qualification and Standards committee which assists with the development and requirements for individuals to become qualified Trade Mark Attorneys.
She is also an active member of LESI, working together with other members to provide webinars on topics such as brand collaboration and social media influencers.
Abigail is a member of INTA and has been listed as a key lawyer in the Legal 500 since 2021.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
Lewis Silkin’s IP practice assists its clients with the entire lifecycle of IP-related work. It manages IP portfolios for household names and multi-national clients, as well as trademark filings, anti-counterfeiting matters, and oppositions and disputes. Tom Gaunt leads the team, which was bolstered by the addition of legal director Abigail Wise from Bristows LLP in July 2022 and senior chartered trade mark attorney Erika Coccia from Marks & Clerk in May 2022. Nick Bowie has significant expertise in trade mark prosecution, online enforcement, and investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising