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Ranked Band 1 in the Intellectual property category.

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Roland is the head of our Brands practice in the UK and co-heads the international trade mark group. For over 30 years, he's advised major international brand and technology owners on their IP rights.

Clients describe Roland as a tactically smart, solutions-focused, and commercially-minded. He's responsible for protecting the name, logos, shapes, colours and packaging for numerous household name brands in a wide range of sectors. These include food and beverage, FMCG, fashion, luxury goods, tech, financial services, auto industry and travel.

Roland advises on the full range of contentious and non-contentious "soft" IP matters, including: trade mark, designs and copyright disputes and litigation, lookalikes, anti-counterfeiting, domain name and content infringements, trade mark clearance, prosecution, oppositions and strategic portfolio advice, comparative advertising, and all types of commercial transactions involving these rights.

He's led first instance and appeal cases in the English courts, the UKIPO, the EUIPO and CJEU and taken part in a number of successful mediations, and regularly coordinates crossborder IP litigation in the EU.

Outside of private practice, Roland sits on the Executive Board of MARQUES (the European brand owners' association), the Parallel Import Committee of INTA, the Law Society's IP Law Committee, the UKIPO's Marks & Designs Forum and the EUIPO's SQAP judicial quality audit panel. He is a facilitator on the Oxford University IP diploma course. 

Roland comments on IP related matters of national interest with media outlets including the BBC
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CV

Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2001 - 2006 Partner and Head of Trade Marks, Linklaters
2000 - 2001 Managing Associate, Linklater (Paris)
1998 - 2000 Managing Associate, Linklaters (London)
1994 - 1998 Associate, Linklaters
1992 -1994 Trainee solicitor, Linklaters
1995 Diploma, Intellectual Property Law, University of Bristol
1994 Admitted to the Bar, England and Wales
1992 Law Society Finals, College of Law, London
1991 Common Professional Examination, College of Law, London
1989 BSc Civil Engineering (First Class Hons), University of Edinburgh

Karriere

Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2001 - 2006 Partner and Head of Trade Marks, Linklaters
2000 - 2001 Managing Associate, Linklater (Paris)
1998 - 2000 Managing Associate, Linklaters (London)
1994 - 1998 Associate, Linklaters
1992 -1994 Trainee solicitor, Linklaters

Ausbildung

1995 Diploma, Intellectual Property Law, University of Bristol
1994 Admitted to the Bar, England and Wales
1992 Law Society Finals, College of Law, London
1991 Common Professional Examination, College of Law, London
1989 BSc Civil Engineering (First Class Hons), University of Edinburgh

Publikationen

Brexit is coming, a brand owner's checklist, Lexology, October 2020

Major advance on Brexit and pan-EU intellectual property rights , Practical Law, March 2018

The Implications of Brexit for Trade Mark Proprietors and Trade Mark Practitioners, GRUR Newsletter, January 2018

Kit Kat Shape Mark: Has The EU General Court Pre-Judged The UK Court Of Appeal? Lexology, February 2017

Colour combinations: getting back to WYSIWYG, Managing IP, October 2016

Of Purple Haze and Scrabble Plays: appeal court says "no" to fuzzy trade mark descriptions, IPKat blog, 6 October 2013

Protection of design classics and iconic 3D shapes in English courts, Intellectual Property Magazine May, 2016

PLC Updated Practice Note - Intellectual property issues relating to employees and consultants, LexisPSL Practice Notes on (1) Trade mark litigation in the High Court, (2) Madrid International Trade Mark System, (3) Parallel Imports, (4) Overview of the Community Trade Mark System, and (5) Anti-Counterfeiting and Customs Procedures in the UK, June 2017

Intellectual property issues relating to employees and consultants, PLC Updated Practice Note

Trade mark litigation in the High Court, LexisPSL Practice Note

Madrid International Trade Mark System, LexisPSL Practice Note

Parallel Imports, LexisPSL, Practice Note

Overview of the Community Trade Mark System, LexisPSL Practice Note

Anti-Counterfeiting and Customs Procedures in the UK, LexisPSL Practice Note

Tablet teachings: learning points from the latest Apple v Samsung decisions, World Trademark Review, 1 March 2013

Distinguish IP myths from reality, Managing IP, August 2010

Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index, Editor

Mitgliedschaften

Executive Committee and Governing Council of MARQUES
International Trade Mark Association
Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Law Society's Intellectual Property Law Committee
Consultant on intellectual property matters at the Warner Textile Archive

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Awards

Chambers and Partners UK 2026

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Ranked Band 1 in the Intellectual property category.

Legal 500 UK 2026

Leading partner in the intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design category.

Legal 500 UK 2024

Key Lawyer – Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design

Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars 2024

Trade mark star

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Global Elite Thought Leader: IP – Trademarks; Recommended: IP – Copyright

Intellectual Property - Band 1: Roland Mallinson is called upon for his expertise in managing, developing and enforcing company trade mark portfolios. He is one of the most talented trade mark litigators in the UK market. "Roland Mallinson is excellent - very thoughtful, very clever and impressive." "Roland is great - he looks for practical solutions and runs a good team."

IP (trademarks, copyright and design (including trade secrets)) - Ranked: ‘I recommend both Roland Mallinson and Magdalena Borucka. Both have excellent legal knowledge and feel like part of the team.’

Intellectual Property: "Roland Mallinson has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the market."

Intellectual Property: trade marks, copyright and designs

IP - trademarks, copyright and design

Outstanding IP Practioner

Trade Marks Lawyer of the Year

Leading individual - Intellectual Property

Leading individual - Intellectual Property (Band 1): Roland Mallinson is called upon for his expertise in managing, developing and enforcing company trade mark portfolios. He is one of the most talented trade mark litigators in the UK market.

Recommended lawyer - Brand management

Trade mark star

Leading individual - Prosecution and strategy (Gold)

“Roland is a sensible, pragmatic litigator who will try to find a commercial response. An impressive person who is hard wired into all of the associations and pressure groups, he does a lot for the industry in general. He has a community-minded approach and is extremely visible.”

He is one of only two lawyers in the UK to be top ranked in all of the categories of Enforcement & Litigation, Prosecution & Strategy and Anti-Counterfeiting by World Trade Mark Review's WTR1000 directory of the world's leading trade mark lawyers (annually since 2011).

Leading individual - Enforcement and litigation (Gold): Versatile and incisive head of brand management Roland Mallinson is featured in three WTR 1000 tables this year. He is a hook for complex anti-counterfeiting, litigation and prosecution matters. “Roland is a sensible, pragmatic litigator who will try to find a commercial response. An impressive person who is hard wired into all of the associations and pressure groups, he does a lot for the industry in general. He has a community-minded approach and is extremely visible.”

Leading individual - Anti counterfeiting

Experience

Trade mark portfolio management

Managing the worldwide trade mark portfolio for a leading Scotch whisky and spirits company, including brand and advertising clearance, IP protection for new product development and handling enforcement and other brand-related disputes. 

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