Leveraging its position within the firm’s global IP group, the team at Simmons & Simmons provides a comprehensive coverage across a wide range of trademark and design issues. The firm regularly handles portfolio management and trademark degeneration defence for film production companies and soft drinks manufacturers but also has expertise advising clients within the fashion, shipping and biotech sectors. The team is led by Sarah Bailey who is a specialist in unfair competition, advertising and data protection. Frédérique Potin provides additional support.
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Intellectual Property
Position
Sarah specialises in soft IP and is responsible for the day to day running of the Paris Intellectual Property Department. She advises on all the aspects involved in the creation, exploitation and protection of trademarks, design rights, copyrights and domain names and is also well versed on the issues relating to unfair competition, dealing with both contentious and non-contentious matters. Sarah also deals with data protection and advertising matters.
Career
Sarah joined Simmons & Simmons in London in 1990 and moved to the Paris office in September 1991. She became Avocat à la Cour in December 1995.
Languages
English and French
Memberships
Sarah is an active member of INTA, and the French Trademark association APRAM, and sits on the Regulatory Committee for MARQUES. She regularly speaks at conferences held by these organisations.
Education
Sarah is a French-qualified lawyer as well as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. She holds a Certificate in Intellectual Property (trade marks, designs and models) from the Centre Robert Schumann of the University of Strasbourg.
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‘Available and attentive team, which knows, anticipates and takes into account the concrete challenges of intellectual property of companies and offers suitable recommendations.’
‘This team is distinguished by its in-depth knowledge of the various aspects of intellectual property, particularly in the area of copyright, designs and models. The partner is experienced and the collaborators have solid knowledge, understand and adapt to the needs of clients.’
‘It is a dynamic team that is very attentive to the needs of the customer.’
‘Sarah Bailey is a partner who has been very attentive to the needs of our team and has shown great availability to implement a solution adapted to our needs by assigning a lawyer, a legal expert and a paralegal from her team on secondment a few hours per week to help us overcome a period of overload.’