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Provided by Arty Rajendra
Practice Areas
Intellectual property
Copyright
IP disputes
Licensing
Patents
Career
Arty is a Partner and Head of IP Disputes in the UK. She is named in The Lawyer's prestigious Hot 100 for 2021. Arty focuses on litigation and has acted in several leading cases in the UK Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and CJEU.
Arty advises on all IP rights. In relation to patents, Arty acted for Unwired Planet in its landmark UK Supreme Court Standard Essential Patent and FRAND licensing dispute against Huawei. This is the leading case worldwide on how SEPs for 2G/3G/4G telecommunication standards should be licensed to implementers. Other patent cases have involved motion sensing, location tracking, virtual reality and high tech mechanical inventions. In relation to trade marks, Arty recently acted for the successful claimant in Frank Industries v Nike [2018] EWHC 1893 (Ch) concerning trade mark infringement, passing off and invalidity (descriptiveness). She has acted in cases involving exhaustion of rights (parallel imports), marks with a reputation, and extended form passing off.
Arty has particular experience of urgent relief such as Interim Injunctions, Search Orders (executing and supervising), Freezing Injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal Orders and Anti-Suit Injunctions.
Chambers Review
UK
Arty Rajendra has an impressively all-encompassing IP disputes and rights strategy practice which takes in all core rights. Her brands practice features work on behalf of top fashion, automotive and energy companies. She also has experience acting in leading patent cases in the telecommunications space.
Arty Rajendra has an impressively all-encompassing IP disputes and rights strategy practice which takes in all core rights. Her brands practice features work on behalf of top fashion, automotive and energy companies. She also has experience acting in leading patent cases in the telecommunications space.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Arty is a brilliant IP lawyer who gives very pragmatic and thorough advice."
"Arty is a brilliant IP lawyer who gives very pragmatic and thorough advice."