Georgina Messenger

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Information Technology and related commercial disputes; patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs, confidential information. Advice, drafting and advocacy covering all these areas in the UK Courts and UKIPO.

Cases include (* indicates sole counsel):

Patents:

*Trailerlogic v Roftek (IPEC) (mechanical);

*Dual Inventive v Voestalpine (IPEC) (railway systems);

Astrazeneca v Tesaro [2023] EWHC 803 (Ch) (Licensing agreements/Swiss-type claims);

Takeda v F. Hoffmann-La Roche [2019] (Antibodies);

Illumina v Premaitha [2017] (pre-natal testing);

Trade Marks/Copyright/Design Rights:

*Praesidiad v Zaun (design rights). [2024] EWHC 1549 (Pat) (strike out);

*Vapestop v Phoenix (trade marks/passing off);

*Early Learners v Early Learners (IPEC) (trade marks/passing off);

*Gibraltar (UK) v Viovet [2024] EWHC 777 (Ch) (comparative advertising);

* Enreach v Inreach [2022] EWHC 2867 (Ch) (strike out);

*Industrial Cleaning v Intelligent Cleaning [2023] EWHC 411 (IPEC); [2023] EWCA Civ 1451 (trade marks/acquiescence/honest concurrent use).

*Hayman-Joyce v Hayman-Joyce [2023] EWHC 1028 (IPEC) (passing off).

*Claridge’s Hotel v Claridge Candles [2019] (trade marks)

Frank Industries v Nike [2018] EWHC 1893 (Ch), [2018] EWCA Civ 497, [2018] EWHC 424 (IPEC) (trade marks/interim injunctions);

Zuma's Choice v Azumi [2017] EWHC 609 (IPEC) (trade marks/threats/recusal);

Kason Kek-Gardner v PCL [2017] EWCA Civ 2132; [2016] EWHC 2198 (Ch) (design right/copyright/trade marks);

Signature v Fortis [2016] EWHC 3583 (Ch) (Copyright)

*Numerous appearances before UKIPO and the Appointed Person.

Called 2014, Middle Temple, Clare College Cambridge (2011) MA Hons, Natural Sciences. BPTC (BPP: Outstanding). GDL (BPP).

Intellectual Property Bar Association.