Notable practitioner
Anneka is a brands litigation specialist with over fifteen years of experience representing multinational clients in high-stakes IP disputes before the Courts. Clients value her pragmatism and ability to navigate complex disputes towards a commercially-oriented outcome.
Anneka acts for clients in contentious "soft" IP matters, with a particular focus on trade mark litigation as well as disputes before the UK Intellectual Property Office, Nominet and WIPO. She has acted for some of the largest multi-national brand owners in the technology, media, e-commerce and consumer sectors in infringement litigation, invalidity actions, ISP liability claims and licensing disputes, including cross-border IP litigation. She is a solicitor-advocate with higher rights of audience before the Courts of England and Wales.
Anneka also advises clients on every aspect of their brand strategy, including the development, protection, exploitation and enforcement of IP rights.
China Tang trademark dispute leaves sour taste for Barrow-based takeaway, WTR, 27 April 2022
Sky kicks SkyKick into touch over bad-faith trade marks, Managing IP, 2 December 2021
Why litigate trademark disputes in the UK? Lexology, 6 July 2021
Adwords at a Crossroads? Intellectual Property Magazine, 1 November 2016
Notable practitioner
Rising Star 2020
Winner "Best in Intellectual Property" and "Rising Star UK" 2019
Acting in a trade mark revocation, infringement and passing off dispute before the High Court in relation to its iconic position trade marks
Acting in trade mark infringement proceedings issued in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court relating to an important new consumer product.
Acting for a major online retailer in its appeal to the Court of Appeal of a High Court trade mark infringement decision relating to third party trade marks, and subsequent satellite litigation.
Acting for a well-known crisps brand in High Court trade mark litigation concerning the use of third party trade marks on product packaging.
Advising on a copyright infringement dispute relating to a well-known film sequence.
Acting in various UK opposition and cancellation actions and advising on brand protection and enforcement strategy.
by multiple authors
Court of Appeal confirms Tesco's Clubcard Prices logo infringes Lidl's house mark: so what?
by Louise Popple and Anneka Dalton
by multiple authors
by multiple authors
by Jason Rawkins and Simon Jupp
by multiple authors
by multiple authors
by Debbie Heywood and Daniel Hirschfield
by Dr. Benedikt Kohn, CIPP/E and Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.