Qualifications

University of Edinburgh, Dip. LP    1985
University of Edinburgh, LL.B    1984

Experience

Gill has been a partner since 1993 and has specialised for some 20 years in IP and IT litigation and dispute resolution.  Gill has been Head of the IP & Technology Department since 2003 and also heads up the Department’s dedicated IP/IT dispute resolution team.  Her experience spans the whole gambit of contentious intellectual property including both soft and hard IP.  Gill is an accredited IP specialist and a member of INTA, AIPPI and an associate member of  ITMA and CIPA. She is  a committee member of TIPLO, LES Scotland and of the INTA committee regarding famous marks. She is also on the Editorial committee of ETMR, ECDR and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice. She frequently authors articles on IP and IT issues for legal publications.

Gill’s extensive experience includes:

• Acting on behalf of Lancaster Group in enforcing its Davidoff, Joop and other perfume brands in parallel import cases.
• Acting on behalf of Roche Diagnostics in its campaign against parallel imports
• Acting on behalf of Pringle re brand enforcement issues.
• Acting on behalf of Virgin, Jack Wolfskin and for the owner of KAZAA brand re enforcement issues.
• Acting for Pebble Beach and Beecham in trade mark infringement cases.
• Providing trade mark advice to owners of Budweiser in the Scottish jurisdiction.
• Acting in first Scottish case on cyber squatting and in various domain name disputes.
• Acting in several successful mediations for clients in trade mark and internet related disputes.
• Acting on behalf of several global oil and gas services companies in patent infringement/validity disputes with rivals.
• Acting on behalf of Arrow Generics Limited in two pharmaceutical patent invalidity actions in the Court of Session.
• Acting on behalf of Philips Electronics NV in a Scottish patent litigation.
• Acting on behalf of multinational pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim in various court actions against parallel importers.
• Acting on behalf of Microsoft in its anti piracy campaign.
• Acting on behalf of major software developer in outsourcing dispute.
• Acting on behalf of owner of plant breeder rights in infringement action in the Court of Session.
• Acting on behalf of a number of international film companies in enforcing copyright in Scotland.

Employment History

• 2003 to date    Partner, Head of IP & Technology, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP
• 1993 - 2003    Partner, IP & Technology, Maclay Murray & Spens
• 1992 - 1993    Assistant solicitor, Drostes (Munich)
• 1991 - 1992    Assistant solicitor, Bristows Cooke & Carpmael
• 1988 - 1991    Assistant solicitor, Campbell Smith & Co.
• 1987 - 1988    Trainee solicitor, Campbell Smith & Co.
• 1986 - 1987    Trainee solicitor, GWT Murphy & Co