Marks & Clerk

Intellectual Property

Samantha is a Partner and Chartered and Registered Trade Mark Attorney (UK) in our Oxford office. Samantha is also head of our national fashion and retail team, and works with both large established retailers and growing, dynamic fashion brands to develop their trade mark protection and enforcement strategies.

Samantha also works with clients in the publishing, medical technologies and food and drink sectors. She advises clients in relation to both contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters in the UK, EU and around the world, including portfolio strategy and management, trade mark prosecution, brand clearance programs and trade mark oppositions and cancellation actions, as well as advising on trade mark infringement and passing off. Samantha also advises clients in relation to online infringement issues, such as keyword advertising, and domain name complaints.

Samantha graduated with a first class honours degree in Classics from the University of Warwick in 2009 before being awarded a Graduate Diploma in Law at the College of Law in Guildford. Samantha is a member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and qualified as a Trade Mark Attorney in 2013.

Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Law & Practice, Nottingham Law School

Postgraduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law & Practice, Queen Mary, University of London

Postgraduate Diploma Law, Guildford College of Law

Classics BA, University of Warwick