Specialist IP firm Appleyard Lees is particularly active in the computing, fashion, and FMCG sectors, and assists clients across the full range of trade mark-related mandates, including with licensing and commercialisation of existing rights. Bobby Smithson heads up the practice, and he is ably supported by Leeds-based Robert Cumming and Chris Hoole in Cambridge, both of whom are dual qualified as trade mark attorneys and solicitors. Cumming handles multi-jurisdictional disputes, while Hoole frequently works on global anti-counterfeiting campaigns.
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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
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Bobby Smithson