'The challenges for trade mark practitioners in the age of Brexit' - Patricia Collis: CIPIL Seminar

Patricia Collis, Trade Mark Attorney from Bird & Bird, spoke on the topic of 'The challenges for trade mark practitioners in the age of Brexit' at a seminar on 14 February 2018.

Patricia is a Senior Associate at the international law firm Bird & Bird. She is based in their London office where she works in the brand management team. In addition to helping clients create, exploit and maintain trade mark and design rights across the globe, she advises on contentious matters and has experience of proceedings at the UK Intellectual Property Office, the EU Intellectual Property Office, the High Court and the General Court. She also advises on issues relating to domain names, company names and copyright. Patricia holds an MA and an LLM from the University of Cambridge, and is qualified as a European Trade Mark & Design Attorney, UK Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Registered Trade Mark Attorney in Ireland. Patricia is co-author of The European Union Trade Mark: A Practical Guide (2016, Globe Law and Business), co-editor of The CITMA & CIPA Community Designs Handbook (Sweet & Maxwell) and sits on the Designs Committee of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA). She has also been involved in the Brexit Working Group on Designs for the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorney (CITMA).