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Kate Ellis

Legal Director
Head of Branding Group

Kate is a Legal Director and the Head of our Branding group in the UK.

She is based in Manchester.

Since 1998, she has worked in Eversheds Sutherland's IP group. For many years, she specialized in the field of contentious intellectual property and, over the years, she has been involved in many reported cases, including the landmark trademark decision in the Court of Appeal in the Specsavers v Asda litigation and one of the first registered design cases, which was determined by the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.

Kate is responsible for the Branding group. Her background in contentious intellectual property matters complements her trademark attorney practice such that Kate is uniquely qualified within the firm to provide all-round branding advice to clients.

She provides advice to a large number of household names and is responsible for the management of global trademark portfolios for many clients. Kate regularly advises clients in relation to trademark selection, international trademark and design clearance programs and filing strategies, the prosecution of trademark and design applications around the world, including under the International Registration system.

Kate also regularly advises clients in connection with trademark registry proceedings, representing clients before the UK, Irish and EU Intellectual Property Offices. With her substantial IP experience, she provides clients with a broad understanding of branding issues and offers clients strategic advice on the issues of both brand protection and brand enforcement.

She has also built up a substantial reputation for dealing with brand enforcement issues on the internet, and regularly advises clients in connection with domain name registration and recovery strategies, including prosecuting complaints under the UDRP and Nominet's Dispute Resolution Service.

  • World Trademark Review, World's Leading Trademark Professionals List 2020
  • Member of the International Trademark Association
  • Sits on the Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association
  • Dual qualified as a Trademark Attorney
  • Qualified as a Solicitor in 1998
Kate Ellis

Legal Director

Head of Branding Group

Kate Ellis

Legal Director

Head of Branding Group

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