CMS

Partner Co-Head of the international IP Group and UK Chair of the Consumer Products Sector Group

Tom Scourfield is Co-Head of the international IP Group at CMS and UK Chair of the Consumer Products Sector Group. He is a Solicitor Advocate (England and Wales), with an Irish solicitors qualification.

Tom advises businesses on their commercial IP assets. This includes helping find the best strategy for the creation, identification, registration and capture of those assets, to their realisation through commercial agreements and licensing, and their protection and enforcement through litigation and other dispute resolution. He also advises on related fields to IP, including advertising and marketing, consumer law, media, data protection, cyber breaches and IT issues.

As a Solicitor Advocate, Tom is particularly well known for his IP enforcement work and has helped clients achieve their strategic goals in all forms of IP dispute resolution. He has led cases at all levels of UK courts (civil and criminal) as well as OHIM, the CJEU and beyond in multi-jurisdictional disputes. His practice focuses on those industry sectors where IP assets are most critical to commercial success, including Consumer Products, TMC, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Energy, among others.

Associate Member: Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys British Brands Group Marques: Famous and Well Known Marks Committee

2005 – Solicitor Higher Rights of Audience, The College of Law, London 2003 - Intellectual Property Diploma, University of Bristol 1998 - LLB Hons law with American law, University of Nottingham/University of Texas at Austin