Isabel Davies

Isabel Davies is Senior Partner of the Intellectual Property team and chairman of the Technology, Media and Telecoms sector group.

She is a noted expert and highly regarded in the UK and Europe as a foremost IP lawyer specialising in all forms of dispute resolution including mediation.

Isabel's practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, design, copyright, confidential information and trade libel. She has an extensive background in multi-jurisdictional litigation. Isabel is particularly well known for dispute work and has a strong following in the technology, media, telecoms, consumer products and other brand-focused industry sectors such as hotels and leisure. She is recognised as a leading patent and trademark practitioner. 

She was described by international Who’s Who Business Lawyers as “fantastic for IP dispute resolution”. Isabel chairs the Law Society’s IP Working Party.

Awards:

• Best of the Best 2009: One of world’s top three trademark lawyers
• International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers 2009: One of 20 most respected trademark lawyers in the world
• Practical Law Company Which Lawyer?:  Leading individual 2008
• Law and Business Research Who’s Who of International Patent Practitioners & Patent Experts 2007: Leading patent practitioner
• Recommended by Legal 500 and Chambers.   

Relevant experience includes advising:

• Microsoft on trademark counselling
• Intel in ECJ v CPM
• RIM/Blackberry on IP strategy and enforcement
• Jack Daniel’s on enforcement of Jack Daniel’s IP rights in unison with Customs & Excise, Trading Standards and investigators
• Proctor & Gamble on lobbying and contentious trademark issues and enforcement
• Terex – Powerscreen International on patent litigation in UK and coordinating with simultaneous proceedings in US
• Boston Scientific on coordination of multi-jurisdictional patent litigation covering stents and balloons for angioplasty in Europe in conjunction with US lawyers representing Boston Scientific in US proceedings

Education:

University of Leicester LLB Law Society Finals.

Education