Professional background
Before joining Fieldfisher I spent 14 years as an intellectual property lawyer in the in-house legal team at Sky UK Ltd, having previously worked at Bird & Bird, Britvic Soft Drinks and Simmons & Simmons. I have experience across the range of IP matters: trade marks, designs, copyright, patents, database rights, domain names and confidential information, whether contentious, non-contentious or transactional. I have particular expertise in trade marks.
I have been involved with IP litigation at all levels from the Supreme Court to the IPEC, as well as trade mark registry disputes in the UK and EU.
I job share the IP PSL role with Rebecca Pakenham-Walsh.
Authored pieces
Intellectual Property
Insight
One more bite: McDonald's and Supermac's before the UKIPO
26.08.2026
The UKIPO issued opposition decision O/0686/26 on 31 July 2026 refusing an opposition by McDonald's against two SUPERMAC'S marks, following two decisions by the EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal in June 2026 coming to the opposite conclusion.
Intellectual Property
Insight
EU designs reform phase 2: new legislation in force from 1 July 2026
05.05.2026
The EU designs regime was reformed recently with most changes taking effect from 1 May 2025 (see our article here for further detail: EU Designs Reforms Go Live ). Several points, primarily of an administrative nature, were scheduled to come into force on 1 July 2026. These points mostly needed secondary legislation to become operational. The EU has, in recent months, enacted three legal instruments to make that happen and to clarify the law:
Lawyers I've worked with
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Rebecca Pakenham-Walsh Professional Support Lawyer, Intellectual PropertyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Copyright and Database RightsDesign RightsTrade Marks and Brands
