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Marks & Clerk Offices
15 Fetter Lane
LONDON
EC4A 1BW
England
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Tom Farrand
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Tom is the Head of Trade Marks at Marks and Clerk. He is a Registered Trade Mark Attorney with more than 30 years’ experience working with Brand and Intellectual Property owners across a range of industries. Tom specialises in providing strategic advice on the many legal and commercial issues around the protection and exploitation of Brands and IP. Tom is also keen to provide clients with progressive and commercially focused advice, helping them realise profit from their IP.
Tom is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Trade Marks Attorneys. Alongside expertise in Brand and IP, Tom also offers his clients significant commercial experience having spent several years building and developing business teams within a leading private-equity owned business. Tom has expertise in sectors including Food & Drink, Automotive, Fashion and Sports. He studied business at the London Business School and has a first degree in Mathematics from the University of East Anglia.
Memberships
CITMA
Education
Accelerated Development Programme, Business Administration, London Business School (2000)
BSc, Maths, University of East Anglia (1982)
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.