Stevens & Bolton
Firm overview:
Stevens & Bolton’s IP team litigates on matters in all UK courts and advises on all areas of brand strategy to strengthen and expand trademark portfolios. The team tackles one-off infringements as well as repeat offenders requiring a wider enforcement strategy. The full-service firm handles domain name issues, and for online infringers, uses an IT platform to police trademark use and issues takedown procedures, working with investigators where needed. Foreign counsel maintain long lasting contact with Stevens & Bolton for UK referral work, reporting: “They’re great, awesome! We’ve been in contact with them for many years and are very happy with the relationship.” Recognised for its cost-conscious approach, clients of the Surrey-based firm include a Premier League football club, a global pharmaceutical company and a large London venture capital company.
Team overview:
“Tom Lingard and Elaine O’Hare are good technically and on client service,” say long-term referral lawyers. O’Hare is the head of brand protection and has experience in IP cases before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, High Court and Court of Appeal. With a speciality in luxury, she has advised a number of fashion brands on trademark issues. Lingard focuses on litigation and contentious IP matters as a qualified solicitor advocate. His experience includes obtaining an injunction against a Swiss company on behalf of a large Italian chocolatier regarding numerous EU trademarks and advising a Premier League football club in a takedown programme for online trademark infringement.
Clients:
Casino Monte Carlo, Mae Cassidy London, Merah Vodianova, Olivia Brown Jewellery, Rick Owens
