Jon is the Senior
Partner of MW Trade Marks and a Fellow of The Chartered Institute Of
Trade Mark Attorneys. The Legal Adviser Awards 2019 recognised him as
the “Leading Trade Mark Lawyer of the Year, UK”. In addition, Jon
was voted the “Trade Mark Lawyer of the Year” at the annual ACQ5
Global Awards 2019.
Jon is an expert
advisor to the UKTI, the Government Department supporting UK
businesses. He previously worked as a senior in-house trade mark
attorney for Richemont, an international luxury goods group for over
10 years where he acquired extensive commercial experience working on
mergers, acquisitions, brand creation, protection strategies, global
enforcement and licensing programs.
He was also a Senior
Trade Mark Attorney at Baker & McKenzie, the largest
international law firm specializing in IP, offering trade mark
services to some of the leading brand-owning companies in the world.
Anne
is a Partner at MW Trade Marks and a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. Anne has previous experience as a
Partner for 12 years at a London trade mark and patent practice and
has been qualified for over 20 years.
Anne has been
recognised by the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards 2019, having
previously won the award in 2017. She is listed in the Legal 500 as
providing advice which is “international in scope and commercial”.
Anne qualified as a Trade Mark Attorney excelling in the final Trade
Mark Law Examinations and earning the Elizabeth Bennett Memorial
Award.
Much of Anne’s
workload focuses on handling trade mark conflicts. Anne has built up
a practice assisting professional membership institutes and she
manages international portfolios of IP rights. She represents
clients at inter partes hearings and also advises on domain name
conflicts.
Anne was a member of
the Council of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys for
over 10 years. She has served on several Committees and chaired the
Education & Training Committee, the Trade Mark Administrators
Committee and the Joint Examination Board. This is in addition to
acting as an examiner, lecturer and tutor in trade marks.
Anne is the
contributor for the UK chapter of the well-respected publication
“Trade Marks Throughout the World”.
