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Samantha Collins

Samantha is a Partner and Chartered and Registered Trade Mark Attorney (UK) in our Oxford office. Samantha is also head of our national fashion and retail team, and works with both large established retailers and growing, dynamic fashion brands to develop their trade mark protection and enforcement strategies. Samantha also works with clients in the publishing, medical technologies and food and drink sectors. She advises clients in relation to both contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters in the UK, EU and around the world, including portfolio strategy and management, trade mark prosecution, brand clearance programs and trade mark oppositions and cancellation actions, as well as advising on trade mark infringement and passing off. Samantha also advises clients in relation to online infringement issues, such as keyword advertising, and domain name complaints.

Duncan White

Duncan White is the Managing Partner of the Oxford office. In the course of nearly 25 years in the patent profession, he has established a well-regarded international practice, spanning the UK, USA, Japan, Israel, and Northern Europe. Duncan specialises in the drafting and prosecution of patents in the fields of computer-implemented and software-related inventions, particularly in the consumer electronics sector. He also handles patent cases in a wide range of other industries, such as oil and gas, semiconductor manufacturing, and medical devices. Duncan also provides filing strategy and portfolio management advice, regularly represents clients in oral proceedings at the EPO and UK IPO, evaluates standard-essential patents, conducts freedom to operate searches, and handles design registrations in the UK and overseas.