Patricia is a partner in Hammonds Commercial & IP practice based in the Manchester office.  Patricia's particular expertise covers contentious and non-contentious intellectual property, involving patents, trade marks and all other aspects of IP.  Solicitor Advocate, conducts own advocacy.  She regularly advises clients on strategies for developing and exploiting intellectual property rights, with a particular emphasis on cost effective combinations of intellectual property rights.

Recent experience includes:

• Successfully acting for Ultraframe Plc in the Court of Appeal against Eurocell in a patent and design right matter concerning conservatory roofs.
• Acting for Associated Octel on several patent revocation actions in the UK and in associated EPO actions.
• Acting on an IP licensing dispute, which included related entitlement proceedings.
• Acting for Gencor Plc in the UK High Court in a successful patent revocation action in which indemnity costs were awarded.
• Acting on patent revocations actions in the UK.
• Trade mark, domain name and design right disputes, including advertising clearance work.
• Trade Mark and IP licensing, co-operation and partnering agreements.
• Strategic IP Advice.
  

Education:

University of Strathclyde, BSc Honours Degree in Applied Physics (1st class)

University of Manchester, PhD in the Department of Chemistry on the structure of certain iron storage proteins

Common Professional Examination (Distinction) and Law Society Finals (Distinction)

Career:

Articled, Eversheds 1993-1995
Qualified, 1995
Solicitor, Eversheds 1995-1996
Solicitor, Wacks Caller 1996-1999
Partner, Wacks Caller 1999-2000
Solicitor, Hammonds 2000-2003
Partner, Hammonds 2003 to date

Publications:

Joint author, Trademarks - UK, Getting the Deal Through - Trademarks 2008, October 2007

Retailers and Plagiarism, Gifts Today, issue 1 Volume 18 October/November 2006