Mills & Reeve LLP is active in the sports, manufacturing, and technology sectors, among others, and licensing transactions, portfolio management, and brand protection are all handled by the team. Alex Newman leads the practice, and is particularly active in the technology, sports, and engineering sectors. Former team lead Mark Pearce remains active in the group, and is adept at patent litigation. Jasmine Fearnley maintains a broad IP practice which includes a range of dispute resolution, and Holly Gillan advises on the management of trade mark portfolios.
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Key clients
- Regal Food Products Group plc
- The UK Intellectual Property Office
- The British Council
- Yellow Tail Wines (Casella Family Brands (Europe) Limited)
- Kohler Mira Limited
- Domino Printing Sciences plc
- The Engineering and Design Institute
- IELTS Partners (The British Council, Cambridge University Press & Assessment and IELTS Australia Pty)
- MD Orthopaedics, Inc.
- First Light Lamps Limited
- Premia Solutions Limited
- Fox International Group Limited
Work highlights
Advised Palmer Management Limited (Cole Palmer’s management company) in relation to the registrability of Palmer’s personal brand assets and applied for registered trade mark protection in respect of those assets.
Acting for the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, a body under the Government of India, in UK trade mark opposition proceedings against applications filed by a body under the Government of Pakistan to register “BASMATI” as certification marks.
Advising the UK Intellectual Property Office on issues pertaining to the interpretation and application of various aspects of UK IP legislation and its role in administering the UK registered IP system (and associated registered IP applications processes) mandated by that legislation.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Alex Newman
Other key lawyers
Jasmine Fearnley; Holly Gillan; Mark Pearce