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Provided by Darren Meale
Darren is a soft IP litigator and brand portfolio manager, an award-winning innovator and a Deputy District Judge in the IPEC (the UK’s specialist IP court).
Darren’s practice spans IP litigation in the UK courts, registry disputes at the UKIPO and EUIPO and international trade mark and design prosecution. He works across a range of sectors, in particular the media, technology, finance and fintech sectors. To give a flavour, he has advised clients on intellectual property rights in relation to everything from cartoon characters to whisky bottles, clothing, knitting needles, lingerie, soft drinks, mobile phones, TV programmes, films and hotels.
He is an award-winning innovator, twice recognised for his innovative approach to solving legal problems, including by the Financial Times who previously named him Young Innovator of the Year. Darren is also a respected thought leader in the IP community, writing the Retromark round-ups on the IPKat blog, sitting on INTA’s Famous Marks committee and the editorial board of journal JIPLP. Darren also sits as a Deputy District Judge in both the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and the English County Court.
Darren is the creator of Rocketeer, the world’s first AI trade mark lawyer. You can find out more about this product here: Rocketeer.
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He really knows his stuff and is very good.
What stands out is his ability to think outside the box in multi-jurisdictional matters, seeing the differences and giving good strategic advice and being pragmatic.
I work with Darren Meale and I think he is one of the best trade mark, passing off and copyright lawyers in the UK.
Darren brings a high level of sophistication and expertise to his practice.
We love working with Darren; he is very thorough.
He really knows his stuff and is very good.
What stands out is his ability to think outside the box in multi-jurisdictional matters, seeing the differences and giving good strategic advice and being pragmatic.
I work with Darren Meale and I think he is one of the best trade mark, passing off and copyright lawyers in the UK.
Darren brings a high level of sophistication and expertise to his practice.
We love working with Darren; he is very thorough.