IP veteran David Rose heads up Mishcon de Reya LLP‘s trade marks, copyright and design offering team, which is ’exemplary at all levels’ and experienced in filings, enforcement work, and in the court room, representing huge clients in major litigation related to various rights. A diverse client base turns to the group for advice, which includes strategic and commercial brand specialist Sally Britton, Jeremy Hertzog, who is notably well-versed in anti-counterfeiting work, and litigator Cassandra Hill. Lewis Cohen specialises in rights exploitation and commercial agreements. Angela Fox assists clients with contentious and non-contentious issues, particularly those concerning domain names, trade marks, and copyright, as does Peter Nunn, who also handles trade secrets cases. Stuart Lester and Dominic Walsh are further key names.
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‘Highly proactive and experienced in trade mark matters.’
‘Peter Nunn is involved and engaged.'
‘David Rose has an excellent reputation and has excellent knowledge in this area such that he can give you on the spot advice. They have just promoted Stuart Lester to partner, who was one of our main points of contact and really appreciated that he was always on hand to give legal advice.’
‘The team draws on a very talented roster of associates and trainees, who are highly responsive, bright, and work hard to support clients.’
‘David Rose draws on his long and eminent history as a trade mark practitioner to achieve brilliant results.’
‘Mishcon de Reya have proven exemplary at all levels: personnel, work product, trial work, and commercial advice. They understand our viewpoint well and take into account the same when formulating advice. Their collaboration is first-rate.’
Key clients
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Sky
- Nintendo
- Global
- HPE
- Entain
- Iceland
- TVIS Limited (t/a Vetsure)
- Thom Browne
- Health & Happiness
- Skyscanner
- bet365
Work highlights
Acting for Sky in its Supreme Court trade mark proceedings against SkyKick.
Acting for Thom Browne in its dispute with adidas concerning adidas' three-stripe position marks.
Acting in trade mark proceedings for TVIS (t/a Vetsure) in the Court of Appeal.
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Practice head
David Rose
Other key lawyers
Sally Britton; Jeremy Hertzog; Lewis Cohen; Angela Fox; Peter Nunn; Stuart Lester; Dominic Walsh; Cassandra Hill; Eloise Harding; Richard Parsons; Lucy Flascher; Eleanor Wilson