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Partner Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

Eleanor specialises in brand protection and enforcement. She advises clients in relation to all aspects of trade mark selection, registration, portfolio management and enforcement. She has particular expertise in the advertising, media and telecoms sectors.

Eleanor’s practice includes advising clients in relation to watch notices, conducting and advising on clearance searches, devising and implementing filing strategies and dealing with official objections. Eleanor also has extensive experience in relation to contentious trade mark matters including filing and prosecuting oppositions, cancellation and invalidity proceedings at both the UK Intellectual Property Office and the EUIPO, at first instance and on appeal.

As a qualified Trade Mark Attorney litigator, Eleanor also handles trade mark litigation and has been involved in trade mark infringement and passing off proceedings before the UK High Court and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.

Eleanor sits on the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorney’s (CITMA) Law & Practice Committee and is a member of CITMA’s EUIPO Working Group. As part of her CITMA role, Eleanor was recently selected to participate in the EUIPO’s convergence programme aimed at harmonising trade mark appeal proceedings across the EU.

Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)

2014 – Certificate in IP Litigation & Advocacy, Nottingham Law School 2012 – Certificate in Trade Mark Practice, Nottingham Law School 2010 – MA Legal Translation, City University 2007 – LLB, University of Sheffield