Department profile
Intellectual Property (International Firms)
Mayer Brown LLP
Website
www.mayerbrown.comChambers Review
Mayer Brown is a respected practice that provides a wide range of IP services to a high-end client base, including many well-known Chinese and overseas brand owners. The law firm is known for its expertise in trade mark litigation and portfolio management. The team also enjoys a strong reputation for its commercial IP work, particularly in the field of copyright licensing. It is well equipped to advise on brand protection and management. Mayer Brown is instructed by blue-chip clients in the fashion, consumer goods, telecommunications, technology and education sectors. The team is also active on IP matters involving South-East Asian countries and the USA.
Work Highlights
- Mayer Brown advised South China Morning Post on its rebranding matters in several jurisdictions including Hong Kong, the USA and Singapore, and further assisted with its international trade mark registrations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team are well resourced to tackle complex and challenging matters. They have really good commercial instincts."
"In the areas where we have interacted, they showed real knowledge about market conditions and trends."
"The team are well resourced to tackle complex and challenging matters. They have really good commercial instincts."
"In the areas where we have interacted, they showed real knowledge about market conditions and trends."
Notable Practitioners
Gabriela Kennedy maintains a highly active practice in the IP arena and is well known for her expertise across a broad range of non-contentious and contentious mandates. Her significant experience in handling IP portfolio audits and management mandates coupled with her IP enforcement and commercial IP expertise wins her many instructions from Chinese and international household names.
"Gabriela understands and helps us to articulate issues, and gives strategic as well as technical input and guidance, but without us ever feeling she is telling us what to do. We feel supported and assisted in achieving our goals."
"Gabriela is very helpful indeed. She gives comprehensive analysis."
Amita Haylock offers advice on a wide range of contentious and transactional IP matters, including copyright and trade mark infringement cases and licensing deals. She is active in representing entities in the technology sector.
"Amita is seriously good value; she is smart and driven."