Fielding a team of experts in copyright and patent infringement litigation, Pinsent Masons LLP regularly represents a host of British and international clients from across the sports, tech, and energy sectors. The practice has considerable experience in advising on commercial collaboration agreement and complex IP contracts, with the Edinburgh-based co-heads, George Campbell and Jim Cormack KC, specialising in all aspects of contentious and transactional IP matters. From Glasgow, David Woods assists businesses in the financial services, retail, and university sectors. In Edinburgh, Chris Martin primarily focuses on data and IP rights issues, and Gillian Anderson is knowledgeable on trade mark disputes.
Testimonials
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‘George Campbell is very knowledgeable in his field and in the short time that I have been working with him as an in-house solicitor, I have learned a lot about our brand protection and IP matters across the club. George is always accessible and turns matters around quickly.’
‘Always able to turn work around to tight deadlines.’
Key clients
- Celtic plc
- Thomas Tunnock Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Aberdeen FC Community Trust (partner charity to Aberdeen Football Club) on its commercial/intellectual property agreement with Grassroots Soccer Inc with respect to their jointly developed grassroots mental health curriculum.
- Acting for Deepmatter Limited, a company that focuses on the digitisation of chemistry, in a complex contractual, commercial and intellectual property dispute with The University of Glasgow focusing on the development of patents relating to the digitalisation of chemistry.