Chambers Review
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Intellectual Property - Scotland
What the Team is Known For
Anderson Strathern in Edinburgh offers substantial experience acting for public sector organisations, such as research universities and government bodies. The firm also acts for private sector businesses in all manner of industries. It is recommended for litigation, portfolio management, and licensing and data sharing arrangements, and frequently handles cross-border matters.
Strengths
They provided quick, agile service. They have a common-sense approach to technical issues and a co-operative approach to negotiations.
The firm is strong in public sector work, particularly in education. They have a good, practical approach to handling complex problems.
Work Highlights
Anderson Strathern acts for the Estate of Alasdair Gray. The Estate owns a substantial collection of physical artefacts as well as the copyright in the literary and artistic works. The firm advised the Estate on a variety of matters, including copyright issues, permission requests, merchandising rights and the lending of items to public galleries and museums.
Notable practitioners
Douglas McLachlan advises on both non-contentious and contentious IP matters, with a special interest in advising higher education bodies.
Douglas is commercial, very particular and always gets it right. He takes a commercial and pragmatic approach.
Douglas is a very astute and commercially aware lawyer. He has the ability to grasp complex issues very quickly and to deliver a practical solution for his client.
Katrina Lumsdaine is head of contentious IP at Anderson Strathern. She is a solicitor advocate commended for her proficient handling of trade mark and copyright disputes. She also has experience coordinating multi-jurisdictional patent litigation.