Beth Collett

Practice Areas

Beth is a junior barrister practising in all areas of intellectual property and media law (including UK and EU rights), and related areas of contract law, breach of confidence, and commercial matters.

Beth is currently instructed for the Claimants in Interflora v FMCG et Ors (trade mark infringement by use of key words), for the Claimants in each of Genius Sports et Ors v Soft Construct (infringement of database rights and competition law), for Shell (patent infringement and validity), and is working on multiple pre-action global patent disputes (pharmaceutical formulation). She has recent experience of high profile IP disputes, including in respect of music and TV scripts.

Beth has obtained a number of interim injunctions in the High Court, both with and without notice. She regularly appears alone before the UKIPO, Appointed Person, and the IPEC. Beth has been called to the Irish Bar.

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Career

Educated at Hills Road Sixth Form College; Mansfield College, Oxford (2011 History and Politics); BPP University (2015 GDL, 2016 BPTC). Lincoln’s Inn (2016), Irish Bar (2021).

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Bar Association (IPBA); Chancery Bar Association; Themis; IPBA representative for Bar Council’s European Committee.