Helyn Mensah

Intellectual property, civil/commercial.

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Expertise: trade mark litigation; trade mark registry; passing off; designs; fashion and luxury brands; consumer products; retail and manufacturing. Helyn is a barrister specialising in intellectual property law. She has experience in a broad range of intellectual property matters including registered and unregistered designs, copyright, community and UK trade marks, passing off, IP related contract and breach of confidence cases. Helyn was previously a senior litigation lawyer at the international law firm, Pinsent Masons LLP and, prior to that, a tenant at the specialist IP set, Three New Square, for over eleven years. She joins Chambers to enhance its existing civil and commercial capability and to lead its diversification from media and sports law into the wider intellectual property arena. Helyn has advised a number of well-known domestic and international clients including the Arcadia Group, Phones-4-U, Ritz Hotel, Hard Rock International, Standard Life, Philips Van Heusen, Ford, Ann Summers, Cantor Index, Oyster/TFL, BAT, Agence France-Presse, AXA, Sweaty Betty, Laura Ashley and Burberry. Her practice experience includes such high profile cases as Interflora v Marks & Spencer and Specsavers v Asda.

YEAR OF CALL 1998

Introduction

Helyn is an experienced advocate specialising in all aspects of intellectual property law. She provides tactical, commercially grounded advice, not only to large corporations, including international brands, but also to small and medium size enterprises where the need to act quickly and effectively in relation to intellectual property issues is essential to establishing and maintaining a presence in the marketplace. She is a strategic thinker in this fast-moving area of law and is always sensitive to commercial imperatives as well as issues of reputation management, costs and enforcement.

Helyn joined 33 Bedford Row to enhance its existing civil and commercial capability and to lead its diversification from media and sports law into the wider intellectual property arena. 

She is a first port of call for her work: 

appearing as an advocate and advising in relation to litigation in various courts and tribunals including the UKIPO, the High Court and the Court of Appeal advising clients in relation to IP protection, enforcement or defence advising on IP-related contract and commercial issues

Direct Access

Helyn is accredited to accept work under Direct access, also known as Public access, in suitable cases. In order to instruct Helyn on a Direct access basis, contact the clerks on +44 (0) 20 7242 6476 or at [email protected]. 

LLB (Hons) First Class;

BVC and Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills (ICSL); Alumni: Oratory School, Kensington;

St Thomas More RC, Sloane Square.