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Many firms of patent attorneys have been slow to recognise the importance of protection for the way things look, as opposed to how they work. Design registration has often been administered by patent attorneys on an ad-hoc basis, almost as light relief from their main role in advising on patent matters. However this ignores the valuable expertise of trade mark attorneys, not to mention the benefit of accumulating specialist design experience. Our design group has been assembled to address these issues in order to provide a far more thorough and comprehensive service. fJ Cleveland is registered at OHIM as an association authorised to handle Community Designs.
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Imogen Wiseman
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FITMA. Honours
degree in English from York University. Joined fJ
Cleveland in 1995, gaining full qualification in
1999 and became a partner in 2003. Imogen is active
in ITMA, serving on council and chairing its design
committee. Examiner for trade mark final
examinations. Imogen is co-editor of the new
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Norman Smith |
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CPA, EPA. Norman has a degree in Physics and a
PhD in Nuclear Physics both from Durham
University. He joined fJ Cleveland in 1970 and
qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney in
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Yasmine Hashim |
MITMA. First class honours degree in chemistry.
Qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and as a Registered Trade Mark Attorney in 2005
winning first prize for one of the foundation exams. Yasmine has over 13 years experience
in trade marks and other aspects of intellectual property including IP litigation and commercial
IP gained in private practice and industry.
She is also a tutor in IP and Commercial Law at BPP Law School.
She joined FJ Cleveland as an associate in March 2006.
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Louise Westbury |
MITMA. Honours degree in Law from University College London and qualified as a Registered Trade Mark Attorney in 1994. Louise previously qualified as a barrister and has experience in private practice and in industry. She has been an active member of ITMA including serving on Council and contributing to the ITMA/CIPA UK Trade Marks Handbook. She joined fJ Cleveland in February 2005.
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Abbreviation:
CPA - Chartered Patent Agent, EPA - European Patent Attorney
MITMA/FITMA - Member/Fellow of the Institute of Trade
Mark Attorneys, CIPA - Chartered Institute of Patent Agents |
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