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About
Provided by Stephanie Wickenden
Practice Areas
Stephanie specialises in Intellectual Property, Art, Media, and IT law. A significant proportion of her practice involves an international element and she has experience acting in cases with disputed jurisdiction. She is frequently instructed in commercial and private client cases with technical and creative subject matter or confidential information.
She has appeared in some of the most significant Intellectual Property cases brought before the UK courts, both as part of a team and as sole counsel. She is regularly instructed to appear as sole counsel in the High Court, IPEC and IPO, and has been instructed as sole counsel on multiple occasions in the Court of Appeal. Recent (unled) key cases include: easyGroup v Beauty Perfectionists [2021] EWHC 3385 (Ch) which clarified the law on post-Brexit TM jurisdiction, Adolf Schaller v Ivor Braka (settled pre-trial 2022) on appropriation art under UK and USA law, and Glencairn IP Holdings v Product Specialities [2020] EWCA Civ 609 which set new precedent in relation to solicitors’ conflicts when acting in multiple cases brought by the same Claimant. Other recent and ongoing cases include: Thatchers v Aldi, easyGroup v Nuclei, and Glaxo Wellcome UK Limited v Sandoz Limited [2019] EWHC 2545.
Career
University of Oxford: PGDip Intellectual Property Law and Practice
University of Cambridge: MA Law
Courtauld Institute of Art: BA History of Art
Professional Memberships
Intellectual Property Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
Art Lawyers Association
PAIAM
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Stephanie Wickenden of Serle Court is regularly involved in intellectual property matters and brings this experience to her art and cultural property work.
Stephanie Wickenden of Serle Court is a well-regarded barrister offering experience in a range of trade mark and design disputes. She regularly acts in infringement and passing-off claims, including those with jurisdictional elements.
Stephanie Wickenden of Serle Court is a highly regarded junior who represents clients such as Andrew Lloyd Webber in copyright infringement cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal. She brings her expertise in art and cultural property law to bear in cases involving museums and copyright matters involving art.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Stephanie is goal-oriented and calm regardless of what is going on, and she is there working with you as part of a team."
"She is a very smart, practical and helpful barrister."
"Stephanie Wickenden is fantastic to work with and a brilliant advocate."
"Stephanie is really expert in terms of copyright disputes. She provided clear advice to the client, developing a new argument that had not been advanced previously."
"Stephanie Wickenden is an excellent specialist intellectual property lawyer. She is very thorough, strategic and quite practical in the advice she gives."
"Her insightful strategy and calm advocacy were no doubt significant factors in obtaining a favourable outcome."
"Stephanie is very relaxed, confident and great with clients."
"Stephanie is diligent and her counsel is valuable."
"Stephanie is goal-oriented and calm regardless of what is going on, and she is there working with you as part of a team."
"She is a very smart, practical and helpful barrister."
"Stephanie Wickenden is fantastic to work with and a brilliant advocate."
"Stephanie is really expert in terms of copyright disputes. She provided clear advice to the client, developing a new argument that had not been advanced previously."
"Stephanie Wickenden is an excellent specialist intellectual property lawyer. She is very thorough, strategic and quite practical in the advice she gives."
"Her insightful strategy and calm advocacy were no doubt significant factors in obtaining a favourable outcome."
"Stephanie is very relaxed, confident and great with clients."
"Stephanie is diligent and her counsel is valuable."
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