Beverley Robinson

Profile:

Beverley leads the specialist design team within Appleyard Lees, with her practice area focussing on all aspects of design law. Beverley has particular expertise in identifying and protecting the key features of a design, strategising on international filing programs and navigating the quirks of territorial laws and practice. 

Beverley also has significant experience in design invalidity actions before the UK IPO, and advising on the infringement and enforcement of design rights.

With over a decade of experience of IP law and a passion for brands and aesthetic design, Beverley manages a number of global IP portfolios across a wide range of industries, helping clients to protect and enforce their trade mark and design rights while working closely with them to understand their goals, and to strike the right balance between benefit and cost. 

Beverley has particular expertise in UK registry proceedings, managing some of the firm’s more complex opposition, cancellation and appeal proceedings before the UK IPO and Appointed Person, and in resolving disputes and negotiating settlement agreements for her clients.

Beverley is a member of CITMA and a ‘Recommended Individual’ in the WTR 1000 (2026) for being “reliable, responsive, and highly knowledgeable. Her communication is consistently clear and timely, and she takes a proactive approach”.