Professional experience

Principal of highly regarded Intellectual Property Practice Briffa, Margaret advises on all aspects of intellectual property protection and enforcement, with particular emphasis on dispute resolution. Margaret has acted in many design, patent and trade mark cases including the design cases Parker v Tidball (1996) and the Court of Appeal case of Farmers Build v Carier (1997) which are the cornerstones of the modern law of industrial design. She also represented the claimant in the copyright case of Norowzian v Arks & Guinness (1998). On the copyright side, Margaret is experienced in the planning and execution of anti-counterfeiting operations both in the UK and abroad and has been involved in numerous successful search and seizure operations. She has recently been appointed to act as defence lawyer in actions brought by the Motion Picture Association of America against 321 Studios in respect of the new law in the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 dealing with circumvention of technical measures applied by rights owner.

Professional qualifications

Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales in 1987

Professional memberships

Fellow Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. Member Intellectual Property Lawyers Association and The Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation. Fellow of the Institute of International Licensing Practitioners.

Publications

Co-author of 'Design Law Protecting and Exploiting Rights' published in 2004 by The Law Society.

Lectures/Seminars

A regular speaker to businesses and academic institutions on all aspects of IP.