Burges Salmon LLP‘s deep bench of IP experts boasts a full-service offering, spanning the exploitation and protection of IP rights, licensing arrangements, trade mark litigation, and domain name disputes. Renowned ’commercially-minded litigation heavyweight’ Jeremy Dickerson leads the team, acting for an impressive roster of blue-chip clients in both contentious and transactional IP matters. Helen Scott-Lawler supports clients across the food and drink, retail, nuclear and defence sectors, while Emily Roberts specialises in IP and trade mark disputes.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Burges Salmon IP team has a great balance of individuals with expertise in the areas that we need - namely trade mark prosecution and litigation advice.’
- ‘We really value Jeremy Dickerson's experience as a commercially-minded litigation heavyweight, and Harry Jewson has provided us with some excellent pre litigation advice.’
Key clients
- BBC/BBC Studios Ltd
- TESLA, Inc
Work highlights
Acting as sole UK trade mark counsel to Starbucks, providing clearance advice on all new brands, slogans and logos, trade mark portfolio services (including contentious registry proceedings) and leading on UK enforcement action, including in relation to counterfeit goods.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Emily Roberts
Practice head
Jeremy Dickerson
Other key lawyers
Helen Scott-Lawler; Emily Roberts; Amy Salter; Harry Jewson; Chloe Perea Poole; Nisha Kumar; Madelin Sinclair McAusland; Laura Tennant; Holly Webb; Bethany Wheeler-Fowler