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Rebecca Anderson-Smith

Partner, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney · Mewburn Ellis LLP

EnglandIntellectual Property, Trade Marks

About

Partner and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney at Mewburn Ellis LLP in England, specialising in managing large trade mark portfolios, international filing and enforcement strategies, and trade mark oppositions, revocation and invalidity proceedings before the UKIPO. She has prior experience as a professional representative at the EUIPO, handles domain name dispute proceedings, and is active in PTMG, ECTA and CITMA working groups.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyTrade MarksTrade Mark LitigationDomain Name Disputes

Office

Expertise

Managing large trade mark portfoliosInternational filing and enforcement strategiesTrade mark opposition, revocation and invalidity proceedingsEvidence-based UKIPO proceedingsOvercoming inherent registrability (absolute grounds) objectionsNegotiating settlements in trade mark disputesDomain name dispute proceedingsPharmaceutical trade marks (PTMG involvement)

Education

  • Degree in English, University of Exeter

Admissions

  • Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
  • Professional representative before the EUIPO (prior to UK leaving the EU)