Mathys & Squire LLP

Intellectual property

Margaret is a highly regarded Trade Mark Attorney and Solicitor. She has over 25 years’ experience and an impressive track record representing a diverse range of clients, including household multinational corporations, in the development, management and worldwide protection of their trade mark and design portfolios.

Her clients include well-known companies in the automotive, oil and gas, food and beverage, clothing, e-commerce, charity and technology sectors.

Margaret has extensive experience advising on brand name selection and clearance, trade mark prosecution and a full range of contentious work, including oppositions, cancellation actions and Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings.

Margaret heads up our litigation team. Her background as a commercial solicitor, as well as her Higher Courts Litigation Certificate (which enables her to conduct intellectual property litigation proceedings before the IPEC and the High Court, as well as appeals to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court) is invaluable in her conduct and settlement of contentious IP proceedings. She was a member of the team that secured one of the first pan-European trade mark injunctions for infringement of a Community trade mark and has successfully protected the interests of her clients in proceedings in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and the High Court. She also routinely advises on the settlement of contentious proceedings and drafts any necessary agreements to ensure that her clients can overcome conflicts in a manner which is both commercially and legally acceptable.

Margaret joined Mathys & Squire LLP in 1998 and has been a Partner at the firm since 2000.

Margaret is an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) and the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA).

Margaret has an honours degree in law from Nottingham Trent University. She originally qualified as a solicitor in 1987, before going on to qualify as a UK and European Trade Mark and Design Attorney. She also holds a High Courts Litigation Certificate in Intellectual Property.