Samantha is a contentious intellectual property lawyer who brings a thoughtful, commercial and forward-looking approach to advising leading brands.
Samantha is an Associate in Pillsbury’s London office, specializing in providing strategic intellectual property advice and managing intellectual property disputes.
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She advises on the full spectrum of intellectual property rights and related commercial issues, with a particular focus on fashion, media and technology. She also advises clients on non-contentious IP matters and provides advice in relation to brand protection strategies, including clearance, monitoring, enforcement and portfolio management. She also has experience working in-house for a global technology company and one of the world’s most valuable brands.
Representative Experience
- Recent experience includes managing and advising on the IP portfolio of one of the world’s most valuable brands, representing a global IT and software company in alleged trade mark infringement proceedings before the Supreme Court, advising a well-known global fashion brand on a large designs and copyright infringement claim in the High Court and representing a global technology company in alleged trade mark infringement and passing off proceedings before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
- Managing and advising on the IP portfolio of one of the world’s most valuable brands.
- Providing strategic IP advice to one of world’s most trusted financial information and analytics companies.
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- Advising on alleged trade mark infringement proceedings before the Supreme Court of England and Wales for a global IT and software company.
- Representing a well-known global fashion brand on a large designs and copyright infringement claim in the High Court.
- Advising on alleged trade mark infringement and passing off proceedings before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court for a technology company and on the world’s largest brands.
- Representing a financial fund manager on proceedings brought against it for alleged misuse of confidential information.
- Advising a multinational pharmaceutical corporation on alleged patent invalidity proceedings before the Patents Court.
- Representing a Muslim dating and marriage app company on alleged trade mark infringement proceedings before the the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
Education
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Graduate Diploma, Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Oxford, 2025
Legal Practice Course, BPP University, 2020
LL.M., BPP University, 2018
B.S., Politics and International Relations, University of Bristol, 2017
Admissions
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England and Wales