Kilburn & Strode LLP boasts a ‘stand-out team’ that is well-equipped to handle cross-border work with offices in London and the Netherlands. Practice head Carrollanne Lindley is praised by one client as ’unmatchable’ and is highly adept at strategies surrounding managing international trade mark portfolios, including prosecution and enforcement mandates. Iain Stewart divides his time between London and Hilversum as co-head of the Dutch practice, and he has an international client base. ‘Exceptional trade mark attorney’ Rowena Tolley is another core member of the team with a growing UK client portfolio, including companies from the medical, food and drink, finance, sports equipment, transport, and music industries. Ryan Pixton manages some of the firm’s largest clients, assisting them with multinational filings, oppositions, litigation support, and enforcement matters.
Testimonials
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‘Iain Stewart and his team are phenomenal. They are a go-to team for all trade mark prosecution and enforcement matters in the EU and UK. Clients appreciate their responsiveness, their consideration of business concerns, and their ability to present holistic solutions to issues.’
‘Rowena Tolley is an exceptional trade mark attorney. Her advice is always commercially and legally driven.’
‘The firm has deep trade mark expertise.'
‘Rowena Tolley is highly responsive, knowledgeable, practical, and a joy to work with.’
‘A stand-out team that is always commercial.'
‘Carrollanne Lindley is unmatchable, commercial, practical, and a joy to work with.'
‘The team knows the law inside out, understands clients' commercial aims, and keeps them informed regularly.’
‘Carrollanne Lindley has immense knowledge and Ben Scarfield knows his stuff. Carrollanne is a star, providing sound advice during examination. For contentious matters, her counsel is commercially relevant and pragmatic.’
Key clients
- Gilead Life Sciences
- Taal Distributed Information Technologies
- Delta Air Lines
- easyGroup
- Sweet Street Desserts
- Cyclomedica Australia Pty
- Coinbase
- Novicap
- Azentio Software Private
- Corza Medical
- SolarMeter
- Royal College of Radiologists
- Elastic
- The Entertainment Industry Foundation
- Renault S.A.S
- Puro Sound Labs LLC
- Block, Inc.
- Gosling Rum
- Mastercard
Work highlights
- Advising an airline on their UK and EU trade mark portfolio and coordinating a number of contentious matters.
- Defending a large financial services and digital payments provider in the validity of its iconic design before the EPO.
- Defending easyJet, easyCar, and easyBus's EU trade mark registrations from revocation for non-use and managing the client’s defence of attacks on 35 of its registered trade marks filed by the other party in a high court litigation action.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Carrollanne Lindley, Iain Stewart