Trade mark attorney

Maggie is a Trade Mark Attorney on the UK register of Trade Mark Attorneys, and a European Trade Mark Attorney practising before OHIM (the European trade marks office based in Alicante, Spain). She is a fellow of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, and is a past President of that body. Maggie continues to take an active role on the governing council of the Institute and currently serves as Chair of the Events Committee and is a member of various committees including the Executive Committee.

Maggie studied trade mark law while working in patent administration and in 1982 became head of European Trade Marks for the California-based Raychem Corporation. She was seconded in 1987 to the Corporation’s Head Office near San Francisco, where she took responsibility for world-wide trade mark affairs.

Upon returning to the UK, she became Assistant Trade Marks Manager of the then Beecham Group (now part of GlaxoSmithKline) before moving to British Telecommunications as Trade Marks Manager. Maggie became a partner in Alexander Ramage Associates in 1991. Her clients include start-up firms and multinationals and range from medical practitioners to financial institutions, bath and beauty care specialists, and mobile telecom providers.