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Emma Himsworth KC
Position
Emma Himsworth specialises in all areas of intellectual property law and related aspects of competition and commercial law. Her practice encompasses court and advisory work. Emma has a BSc in Biological Sciences with Honours in Biochemistry and a Diploma in EC law. She has a particular interest and expertise in matters involving trade marks and passing off. Emma sits as an Appointed Person, hearing appeals from the UK Registrar of Trade Marks. She also accepts appointments as Arbitrator.
Career
Qualified 1993, Gray’s Inn; Silk 2012. Appointed Person (2013 to date); Chair of IP Bar Association (2022 to date).
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, Commercial Bar Association, IP Bar Association and the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA).
Education
Edinburgh (BSc); City University (Diploma in Law); King’s College, London (Diploma EC Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Intellectual property
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2One Essex Court has significant expertise across a wide range of IP disputes, including those involving trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs, comparative advertising, database rights, trade secrets, and privacy. It also handles contractual and licensing disputes involving IP rights, and the set has been increasingly active in patent-related mandates. Geoffrey Hobbs KC is the senior appointed person that hears appeals from the UK Registrar of Trade Marks under s76 Trade Marks Act 1994, and both he and Philip Roberts KC are instructed by the claimants on the landmark Supreme Court case Sky Plc v Skykick UK regarding trade mark infringements and the test for determining bad faith in the Trade Marks Act 1994. Emma Himsworth KC also sits as an appointed person, and is particularly skilled in matters involving trade marks and passing off, and senior junior Guy Hollingworth represents the claimant in TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited v Stitch Editing Ltd, a case concerning Stitch Editing’s application to register the trademark STITCH.