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Kasongo Swana

Kasongo Swana

Associate: Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

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Kasongo is an associate and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney. She has wide-ranging experience in brand protection and advising clients on trade mark portfolio management and enforcement.

Kasongo works with clients ranging from individuals and SMEs to international conglomerates. Her sector focus includes financial services, cosmetics, fashion, and technology. She regularly advises well-known brands in both contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Brands & advertising
Trade mark registration & portfolio management

Sectors

Technology, media & communications

CV

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2023 - 2024 Trade Mark Attorney, Stobbs
2020 - 2023 Trainee Trade Mark Attorney, Stobbs
2017 - 2020 County Court Advocate, LPC Law
2023 PGC - Trade Mark Practice, Nottingham Law School
2022 PGC - Trade Mark Law and Practice, Queen Mary, University of London
2017 Called to the Bar of England and Wales
2017 PGD - Bar Professional Training Course, Manchester Law School
2016 Law LLB (Hons), Queen Mary, University of London

Career

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2023 - 2024 Trade Mark Attorney, Stobbs
2020 - 2023 Trainee Trade Mark Attorney, Stobbs
2017 - 2020 County Court Advocate, LPC Law

Education

2023 PGC - Trade Mark Practice, Nottingham Law School
2022 PGC - Trade Mark Law and Practice, Queen Mary, University of London
2017 Called to the Bar of England and Wales
2017 PGD - Bar Professional Training Course, Manchester Law School
2016 Law LLB (Hons), Queen Mary, University of London

Publications

Overview of 2023 UK Trade Mark Cases, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), Vol 55, Cramp, H., Swana, K. & Zhou, Y., Mar 27, 2024, pages 441–453.

Overview of 2023 UK Trade Mark Cases | IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (springer.com).

Overview of United Kingdom Trade Mark Cases 2021, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), Volume 53, Julius Stobbs, Yana Zhou, Adeline Weber Bain & Kasongo Swana, Mar 16, 2022, pages 406–419.

Overview of United Kingdom Trade Mark Cases 2021 | IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (springer.com).

Face Race, CITMA Review, Jan 4, 2022. CITMA - Face race.

Memberships & Associations

Ordinary Member, The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA).

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