Becky joined Hogarth in April 2024 following the successful completion of her pupillage. Throughout her pupillage, Becky was supervised by Jonathan Moss, Jamie Muir Wood, and Gwilym Harbottle. She gained experience in breach of confidence (including acting as junior counsel for the respondent to an application for an interim injunction), breach of contract (including advising on inducement to breach of contract), copyright (drafting particulars of claim for a number of cases and attending a mediation on a large, international copyright case), trade marks and passing off (in the registry, the IPEC, the High Court, and on appeal to the Appointed Person), patents (acting as junior counsel in the IPEC), and designs (working on a large, complex unregistered designs case involving contractual issues).
Before coming to the Bar, Becky was a qualified Trade Mark Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney Litigator, with over seven years of experience. She worked as an Associate at Barker Brettell LLP on a range of different cases and for different clients, including several household names. She spent a large amount of time working on contentious matters, in particular opposition, invalidity, and revocation actions before the EU IPO. Becky also appeared before the Company Names Tribunal and ran successful online enforcement programmes involving suspending clone websites, domain name complaints, and taking down infringing content across social media platforms.
In addition, Becky spent time on secondment with the litigation and licensing team at Potter Clarkson LLP, where she worked on a number of patent matters, including TrailerLogic LLC v (1) Roftek Limited and (2) Simon Knowles Rothwell, for which she was later instructed as junior counsel.
Becky has a First Class degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and a distinction in the Graduate Diploma in Law.
You can read about a selection of Becky’s cases below.
Trade Marks
Ontro Ltd v Delta Air Lines, Inc. O/1083/23 – trade marks, appeals, Brexit, estoppel, Henderson v Henderson, stays, and consolidated opposition and invalidity actions. Becky successfully appeared as sole counsel for Ontro against leading and junior counsel in this appeal before the Appointed Person.
Ardutch BV v Ontel Products Corporation O/0067/24 – trade marks, oppositions, appeals. Becky successfully appeared as counsel for the respondent, Ontel, in this appeal before the Appointed Person over the marks ARCTIC AIR PURE CHILL and ARCTIC AIR FREEDOM
AKG Food Limited v P. & B. FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED O/0143/25 – trade marks, invalidity actions, reputation, passing off, proof of use. Becky appeared as counsel for the successful proprietor, AKG, defending an invalidity action against its registered AKG device mark.
Bower Collective Limited v Sugi Group AB (Claim No: IP-2023-000116) – trade marks, infringement, likelihood of confusion, reputation, passing off. Becky appeared as counsel for the Claimant, Bower, in the Case Management Conference for this claim.
Triumph Designs Limited v Jonathan Mark Kendrick (decision awaited) – trade marks, oppositions, appeals, likelihood of confusion. Becky appeared as counsel for the Appellant, Triumph, in this appeal before the Appointed Person over the device mark eBIKES by ROKIT.
Moving Life Ltd v BYD COMPANY LIMITED (decision awaited) – trade marks, oppositions, passing off. Becky appeared as counsel for the Opponent, Moving Life, in this opposition to an application for the sign Atto.
The Elizabeth B. Ford Charitable Trust v BF Marken GmBH – trade marks, invalidity actions, oppositions, well known marks, acquiescence. Becky appeared as counsel for The Elizabeth B. Ford Charitable Trust in a Case Management Conference convened by the UK IPO to determine a number of complex issues in consolidated cancellation actions regarding the BETTY FORD name.
Lindab AB v Roofit Solar Energy Oü O/1166/24 – trade marks, oppositions, likelihood of confusion. Becky
appeared as counsel for the Applicant, Roofit, securing a partial rejection of this opposition to registration of the sign ROOFIT.SOLAR.
Evox Therapeutics Limited v evoxx technologies GmbH (decision awaited) – trade marks, non-use cancellation, genuine use. Becky appeared as counsel for the proprietor, evoxx, defending a non-use revocation action against its evoxx mark.
(1) Nomination Di Antonio e Paolo Gensini S.N.C and (2) Nomination S.r.l v (1) CCK Gifts Ltd and (2) Claire Christine Ketley (Claim No, IP-2024-000027) – trade marks, infringement, exhaustion of rights, default judgment. Becky appeared as counsel for the Defendants, successfully defeating an application for default judgment from the Claimants.
Mind Solutions Ltd v OÜ Mindspa (decision awaited) – trade marks, invalidity actions, likelihood of confusion, reputation, distinctiveness, bad faith. Becky appeared as counsel for the proprietor, OÜ Mindspa, defending an invalidity attack against its MINDSPA.COM mark.
BIOIBERICA, S.A.U. v STADA Arzneimittel AG (decision awaited) – trade marks, oppositions, appeals, likelihood of confusion, proof of use. Becky appeared as counsel for the Respondent, STADA, responding to the appeal by BIOIBERICA against the rejection of its application for DAOgest.
Meta Technology SRL and MultiversX Labs S.R.L – trade marks, ex parte hearings, limitations. Becky appeared as counsel for MultiversX and Meta Technology, successfully overturning all but one of the decisions of the classification and examination officers to refuse a number of limitations to the specification of the proprietors’ MultiversX and MultiversX Wallet marks.
TaxAssist Direct Ltd v Mr Ali Nemati t/a Taxbusters (Claim No. IP20S000001) – trade marks, infringement, passing off, small claims. Becky appeared on behalf of the Claimant, TaxAssist, in the small claims track of IPEC (adjourned).
Stakeshop Pty Ltd v Medium Rare Limited (decision awaited) – trade marks, invalidity actions, likelihood of confusion, series marks. Becky appeared as counsel for the Applicant, Stakeshop, seeking the invalidation of the proprietor’s registration for STAKE as a series of three.
Caprice Holdings Limited v SEXY COFFEE LTD (decision awaited) – trade marks, oppositions, likelihood of confusion, reputation, proof of use. Becky appeared as counsel for the Opponent, Caprice Holdings, in this opposition to an application for the sign SEXY COFFEE on the basis of its SEXY FISH and SEXY PIZZA marks.
Confidential Information
Bond Turner v (1) Patrick Maginn and (2) McDermott Smith Law Ltd – interim injunctions, imaging orders, breach of confidence. Becky was instructed as junior counsel in the Kings Bench Division at Manchester on behalf of the Second Defendant, led by Simon Malynicz K.C, and successfully resisted an application for interim relief, including an imaging order, in a claim for breach of confidence.
Clare Page v (1) The Information Commissioner and (2) School of Sexuality Education (decision awaited) – confidential information, freedom of information request, appeals. Becky was instructed as junior counsel in the Upper Tribunal on behalf of the Appellant, led by Jonathan Moss and Zoe Gannon. The appeal concerns the refusal of the Appellant’s access to materials used to teach her daughter sex education.
Copyright
WaterRower (UK) Ltd v Liking Ltd (t/a Topiom) [2024] EWHC 2806 (IPEC) – copyright infringement, overlap between designs and copyright. Becky assisted with post-trial submissions, led by Jonathan Moss for the successful Defendant.
Designs
Sonia Edwards v (1) Boohoo.com UK Limited, (2) Prettylittlething.com Limited, (3) Nasty Gal Limited, (4) Miss Pap UK Limited, and (5) Debenhams Brands Ltd (Claim No. IP-2022-000099) (decision awaited) – UK unregistered design right, originality, primary infringement, secondary infringement, knowledge. Becky was instructed as junior counsel on behalf of the Defendants, led by Andrew Norris K.C. in this claim alleging design right in five articles of clothing.
Patents
TrailerLogic LLC v (1) Roftek Limited and (2) Simon Knowles Rothwell (Claim No. IP-2021-0000116) – patent infringement and validity (novelty, inventive step, and sufficiency). Becky was instructed as junior counsel on behalf of the Claimant, led by Richard Davis K.C.
Cloud Cycle Limited v (1) Verifi LLC and (2) GCP Applied Technologies (UK) Limited [2024] EWHC 233 (IPEC) – patent infringement, summary judgment, interim injunctions. Becky was instructed as junior counsel on behalf of the Claimant, led by Richard Davis K.C.
Cloud Cycle Ltd v (1) Verifi LLC and (2) GCP Applied Technologies (UK) Limited [2024] EWHC 2001 (Ch) – patent infringement, doctrine of equivalents. Becky was instructed as junior counsel on behalf of the successful Claimant, led by Richard Davis K.C.
Miscellaneous
Mr Selvarajah Jithenthrakumar v Mr Prasanna Sivanathan & Ors – Becky appeared in the county court on behalf of the Claimant (adjourned).
The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (“CITMA”)
Member of CITMA Council
IP Bar Association
AIPPI
IPSoc
Qualifications
Bar Transfer Test, BPP University (2022).
Graduate Diploma in Law, The University of Law – Distinction (2021 – 2022).
Professional Certificates in Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property Advocacy,
Nottingham Trent University (2019 – 2020).
Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice, Nottingham Trent University – Distinction (2017 – 2018).
Postgraduate Certificate Trade Mark Law and Practice, Queen Mary University of London – Distinction (2016 – 2017).
BA (Hons) English Language and Literature, The University of Oxford – First (2010 – 2013). (Converted into an MA (Oxon), September 2018).
Awards
‘Rising Star’, Managing IP (2021).
Middle Temple Benefactors Scholarship (2021).
‘Future Face of Legal’, shortlisted in the Future Faces Awards (2021).
Hogarth Chambers Award, Nottingham Law School (2020).
‘Rising Star’, Managing IP (2020).
‘Future Face of Legal’, shortlisted in the Future Faces Awards (2020).
‘Best Overall Student’, Queen Mary University of London (2017).
‘Best Designs & Copyright Student’, Queen Mary University of London (2017).
L.H. Martin Prize for BA results (2013).
Lord Crewe Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate work (the highest academic honour given by Lincoln College, Oxford) (2012).
Regulations
Becky is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. She is registered with the Bar Standards Board of England and Wales (Bar Ref: 77238)
Becky has professional indemnity insurance provided by the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (BMIF Ref: 2190/068). Please refer to the BMIF website for full details of the worldwide cover provided, and the BMIF’s contact details.
Contributor to the 19th edition of Copinger and Skone James on Copyright.
‘Seniority’, Chapter 22 of the CITMA & CIPA European Union Trade Mark Handbook, co-authored with Emmy Hunt.
‘Answering the Call’ (CITMA Review, cover feature, Sept 2023).
‘Sweet respite for Cadbury as the High Court partially upholds its appeal’ (joint publication onThe IPKat, Jul 2022).
‘A Master(s) Class in Genuine Use? UK IPO rejects revocation action, finding genuine use of registration for gin’ (The IPKat, Feb 2022).
‘Volkswagen is a happy camper as BoA upholds its EU trade mark opposition’ (The IPKat, Jan2022).
‘Caffeine headache for Monster as General Court holds no genuine use on Class 30 goods’ (The IPKat, Dec 2021).
‘A Tale of Two Ports? GC holds PORTWO GIN to be an exploitation of PDO’ (The IPKat, Nov 2021).
‘Whittaker’s forced to gin and bear it as the UK IPO throws out its opposition for lack of relevant evidence’ (The IPKat, Nov 2021).
‘It’s a hard rock life for UNIVERS as the EU General Court upholds a finding of bad faith’ (The IPKat, Nov 2021).
‘IP Licensing: Avoid the Pitfalls’ (CITMA Review, cover feature, Mar 2018).
‘Op-Ed: Brexit’s Impact on The Fashion Industry Is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing’ (The Fashion Law, Mar 2017) ‘Claws out to no avail’ (CITMA Review, Feb 2017).
Becky enjoys singing, running, reading, and visiting her husband in Amsterdam and travelling with him.
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