Kate O'Rourke > Mewburn Ellis LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Kate O'Rourke
Work Department
Trade Marks
Position
Of Counsel, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Solicitor
Career
Kate is the Head of Trade Marks and a member of our Management Board. She handles all aspects of trade mark work including trade mark searching, filing, prosecution, opposition proceedings, cancellation proceedings and advice on enforcement of trade marks. Kate also provides strategic advice on selection, adoption, protection and enforcement of brands internationally.
She has a special interest in Brexit, leading the CITMA task force on Brexit matters and the UK trade mark profession. Kate is also interested in pro bono and is Vice Chair of the UK IP Pro Bono committee, having been instrumental in its establishment. She is also Chair of the INTA Pro Bono sub-committee and helped establish the US Pro Bono Clearinghouse.
Kate works with a range of clients, particularly those in the restaurant and music industries.
She started her career in a specialist IP firm in Sydney before relocating to the UK and becoming cross qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales and as a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney. Kate joined Mewburn Ellis in 2019 as a partner.
Memberships
She is a Member of the Law Society of England and Wales and is admitted on the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland. Kate has been awarded an MBE for services to education and has previously been the President of CITMA. She is often asked to speak at conferences, most recently the FICPI meeting 2019, the INTA 2019 Leadership meeting, the CITMA 2019 Annual Conference and the 2018 INTA TMAP conference.
Education
Kate has degrees in Arts and Law from the University of N.S.W, Australia.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
Mewburn Ellis LLP boasts offices in London, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, and Munich, and is therefore well placed to support clients on all of their domestic and European trade mark and brand protection matters. The team assists clients throughout the entirety of their brand lifecycles, from creation and registration to enforcement and portfolio management. It also handles a wide range of disputes, including oppositions, cancellations, revocations, and infringement actions, and it regularly appears before the UKIPO, DPMA, and EUIPO. Andy King took over as chair of the department in November 2023 with expertise in filing strategies and invalidity actions. Previous practice head Kate O’Rourke has a focus on the leisure and hospitality sector, and she continues to act for clients in the international enforcement of their trade marks. Other key members of the team include Jacqueline Pang and Bristol-based Rebecca Anderson-Smith, who advises start-ups and market leaders in the pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare, and MedTech industries.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys