Elaine O’Hare

Experience

• Recent work
  • Acting for luxury footwear brand Naked Wolfe in a series of registered and unregistered design right claims before the Patents Court and IPEC.
  • Representing a major French retailer in UK design right infringement proceedings involving a range of furniture.
  • Advising a global insurance company on its worldwide rebrand, and coordinating the corresponding trade mark filings in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Advising fashion brands, including Mae Cassidy London and Merah Vodianova on trade mark and brand protection issues.
  • Managing ongoing brand protection programmes for numerous clients, including a multi-national pharmaceutical company, Premier League football team and an international watch company.
  • Advising fashion brand Rick Owens on parallel trade issues arising from Brexit.
• Qualifications and recognition
  • University of Oxford Post-Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice.
  • Elaine was shortlisted for the “Rising Stars – Private Practice” award at the British Legal Awards 2020.
  • She is recognised as a “Rising Star” in The Legal 500 and IP Stars as well as being individually ranked for trade mark prosecution and strategy by World Trademark Review.