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Rob WhiteChartered Trade Mark Attorney
LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., MCITMA Rob joined the profession in 2000, after completing his LLB law degree (2:1) and LLM Masters in Intellectual Property, both at Southampton Solent University. He achieved a letter of commendation in the LLM and also won awards for Best Overall Performance on the LLM and Best IP Performance. His Masters thesis was on the relationship between trade marks and domain names and a version of the thesis was also published in a 2000 edition of Trade Mark World Magazine. He qualified as a UK and European Trade Mark Attorney in 2006. |
Rob has worked in private practice since 2000, including nearly 7 years with a leading IP firm in London, 3 years as a Senior Associate in a busy London practice, as well as working for two smaller, boutique firms specialising in representing SMEs. His expertise extends to managing the portfolios of large global household brands right down to sole traders and start-ups.
Rob has previously enjoyed providing workshops and seminars to smaller businesses to teach them the importance of trade mark protection and the pitfalls of being unprotected and providing articles on important IP issues, both to businesses and to peer publications.
He has wide experience in representing clients in numerous sectors from entertainment, retail, clothing, telecoms, insurance and software, in respect of all aspects of an IP portfolio from initial strategic advice, searches, filing, prosecution and enforcement matters. Rob also has experience in registered design and domain name issues.
Rob joined the team at GWW in early 2019.
Rob has previously enjoyed providing workshops and seminars to smaller businesses to teach them the importance of trade mark protection and the pitfalls of being unprotected and providing articles on important IP issues, both to businesses and to peer publications.
He has wide experience in representing clients in numerous sectors from entertainment, retail, clothing, telecoms, insurance and software, in respect of all aspects of an IP portfolio from initial strategic advice, searches, filing, prosecution and enforcement matters. Rob also has experience in registered design and domain name issues.
Rob joined the team at GWW in early 2019.