Mark Snowball Associate Registered Trade Mark Attorney European Trade Mark Attorney European Design Attorney Office Location: London

Specialist Field

Trade marks.

Technical Background

MA in Land Economy, Cambridge University.

MPhil in Land Economy, Cambridge University; specialising in the law of nuisance and its impact on property rights.

Professional Experience

Experience in private practice since 2002. Qualified as a UK and European Trade Mark Attorney by examination in 2006 (winner of John Parker Memorial Prize for best performance in UK trade mark practice).

Handles full range of UK, CTM, Madrid Protocol and overseas trade mark filing and prosecution, including advice on global filing strategies, trade mark clearance searching and infringement advice, opposition, revocation and invalidation proceedings, Hearings before UK IP Office, appeals before OHIM Boards of Appeal, opinion work for appeals to the Court of First Instance, drafting and negotiating trade mark co-existence agreements, domain name dispute resolution, work with Customs to help obtain destruction of counterfeit goods, advice on design and copyright ownership and protection.

Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys.

Joined D Young & Co in 2007.

Languages

Basic French and German