About

Provided by Lewis Silkin

Brands & Intellectual Property

Lewis Silkin is one of the very few law firms that is able to represent its clients across all fields of IP. Our team of over 50 commercial and litigation IP lawyers, patent and trade mark attorneys and specialist support staff deliver a co-ordinated global IP strategy with a consistent approach across the searching, registration, management, commercialisation, defence and enforcement of all IP assets.

We represent clients nationally both in the UK and Ireland, and internationally through our extensive network of trusted contacts. Our client base covers diverse industry sectors, including FMCG, technology, pharma, advertising, media, entertainment, sports, retail, fashion, leisure, automotive and professional services.

We manage global IP portfolios of tens of thousands of trade marks, designs and patents and our litigation team has acted on many leading IP cases as well as coordinating multi-jurisdictional disputes. Driving value from IP through licensing, franchising, sales and securitisation is the focus of our lawyers.

Clients often require a mosaic of services provided from a variety of platforms, domains, content monitoring, anti-counterfeiting tools and custom search functionality. We partner with tech providers to deliver this as part of a comprehensive centrally delivered IP360 solutions. We also offer unique innovative services such as AdSlogans, developed by the firm, which is a database of slogans and endlines used in advertising.

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - London (Firms)

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Lewis Silkin is recognised for notable successes in trade mark infringement disputes and is sought after by well-known brands and creative sector clients. The team is distinguished for its handling of litigation relating to advertising campaigns and contentious copyright matters. The team is also recommended for designs instructions and all facets of trade mark prosecution, commercialisation and patent prosecution.

Work Highlights

  • Lewis Silkin acted for Airwair International (Dr Martens) in an advertising dispute relating to the unauthorised use of trade marks by TEMU, an online fast-fashion retailer.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Oliver Fairhurst
4
Oliver Fairhurst
4
Band 4

Oliver Fairhurst is a skilled partner with notable experience in brand protection. He acts on trade mark, copyright and passing off disputes.

Oliver is impressive. He is efficient and relaxed and offers sensible, well thought-out instructions.

He is a brilliant lawyer, very talented and very creative.

Oliver Fairhurst has a brain on him. He has a very measured, thoughtful approach.

Ranked Lawyers at
Lewis Silkin

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Intellectual Property

Oliver Fairhurst
4
Oliver Fairhurst
4
Band 4

Members

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Abigail Wise

Adam Glass

Andy Cloughly

Jade Macintyre

Jonathan Hewett

Nicholas Buckland

Nick Bowie

Olivia O'Kane

Paul Williams

Scott Foster

Tom Gaunt

Head of Department