With access to a global network of offices situated across the UK, Europe, and Asia, CMS’s trade marks group provides clients with a seamless cross-border offering that encompasses all elements of soft IP mandates. This offering includes advice on due diligence, clearance, and transactional mandates, and prosecutions and contentious proceedings before the UKIPO and EPO, as well as strategic portfolio management. Dividing their time between London and Warsaw, Tom Scourfield and Sarah Wright jointly lead the team. Sheffield-based Eleanor Merrett is a trade mark attorney and litigator, and she is especially skilled in brand protection and enforcement. Dual-qualified trade mark attorney and solicitor Kelly Saliger is another active member of the team.
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Key clients
- Anthony Nolan
- Banham
- Booking.com
- Breast Cancer Now
- Deliveroo
- Dentsu International
- Dune
- eBay, Inc.
- Floris
- Hackett
Work highlights
Advising Valeo Snackfoods on filings, renewals, disputes, watch services, and oppositions, working closely with its in-house team.
Advising Microsoft on all aspects of brand development and protection across the UK and EU.
Assisted Lyma with two new product launches in quick succession in 2023 and 2024, the launch of the LYMA Laser Pro and its epigenetic skincare range.
Lawyers
Practice head
Sarah Wright; Tom Scourfield
Other key lawyers
Louise Gellman; Joel Vertes; David Parrish; Anna Brackenbury; Eleanor Merrett; Kelly Saliger; Melanie Worsdall; Stuart Brooks; Kara Tompsett