Kirsty is a Director in the Intellectual Property, Technology and Media team and a specialist in trade mark and brand protection matters. Kirsty is also dual qualified as a Trade Mark Attorney and heads up Thorntons’ in house trade mark agency.

She has experience in all aspects of trade mark law, including trade mark searching and clearance, developing and implementing national and international trade mark and brand management strategies and dealing with contentious matters such as trade mark infringement and passing off actions, oppositions and invalidation and revocation actions.

Kirsty also has an interest in copyright law, particularly in the music and creative industries and has experience in dealing with a wide range of matters in these sectors.


Specialism

  • Copyright
  • Licensing
  • Trade marks