Joanna Lawrence is a partner in our intellectual property practice
Joanna is a partner whose practice encompasses both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property law, with a particular focus on trade marks, domain names, consumer protection law, copyright, design and food law.
Joanna regularly advises local and international clients in all aspects of trade mark law. Her expertise includes searching, prosecution, opposition actions, non-use/removal actions, licensing and assignment, brand enforcement and protection, trade mark infringement actions, counterfeiting and parallel importing issues, domain name disputes, consumer protection, advertising and marketing matters, and sponsorship.
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