Melanie McGuirk

Practice Areas

Melanie is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution team.

Professional Memberships

Melanie is a member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and the Licensing Executives Society.

Work Highlights

Melanie has been involved in a number of high profile and reported cases since she qualified in 2002. Highlights include those where search and seizure orders were served or defended in multi-million pound parallel import disputes and the leading decision of the Court of Justice on jurisdiction for online trade mark infringement relating to targeting of advertisements and offers to sale made online.

Experience

Melanie specialises in the resolution of disputes relating to intellectual property, reputation management and trade libel.

Melanie’s focus is on the enforcement and protection of clients’ intellectual property and reputation, brand strategy and management. Melanie has particular experience of acting for clients in the retail, fashion, manufacturing, technology, media and creative industries.