Intellectual property

Partner.    Sue has extensive experience of all aspects of intellectual property (IP) law, including litigation in respect of all types of IP rights (such as patents, confidential information, know how, designs, copyright, trade marks and domain names) as well as drafting R & D agreements, licences and assignments and filing trade marks and designs. Sue’s practice also includes advising on reputation management and defamation law.

The chemical, pharmaceutical, IT, engineering and university sectors have significant IP requirements and Sue supports a large portfolio of international organisations with their research and collaboration agreements, clinical trial agreements, assignments and licences as well as enforcing their IP rights and defending IP infringement claims and IP validity attacks.