Laura specialises in intellectual property law. She joined Chambers in September 2023 following successful completion of pupillage, during which she worked on a range of cases involving patents, copyright, design rights, trade marks, passing off, breach of confidential information, breach of contract, and software.

Recent experience includes:

  • Patents: Patents Court litigation concerning the infringement and validity of telecoms and medical device patents.
  • Software: High Court litigation involving infringement of copyright in software, database rights, and breach of confidential information.
  • Copyright and designs: cases and advisory work relating to the subsistence and infringement of copyright and/or design rights in literary works, characters, sculptures, software, clothing and works of artistic craftsmanship.
  • Trade marks and passing off: oppositions and invalidity applications in the UKIPO including appeals to the Appointed Person and High Court, and trade mark infringement and passing off actions in the High Court and IPEC.
  • Other: breach of contract, mediation and settlement agreements.

Prior to joining Hogarth, Laura was an associate in the IP litigation team at Herbert Smith Freehills. She worked on patent cases in both the telecoms and life sciences sectors, including global pharmaceutical litigation and SPC disputes. She also advised clients in relation to software, copyright infringement, and brands, and spent time on secondment with the disputes team of a multinational technology client.

Laura has a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southampton and a distinction from the University of Oxford in Intellectual Property Law and Practice.

You can read about a selection of Laura’s cases below.

 

Bargain Busting Limited v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd, SKE E-CIGS UK Ltd, Phoenix Wholesale & Distribution Ltd, Tesco Stores Limited, Booker Limited, WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited [2025] EWHC 1239 (Ch) – secured interlocutory injunction to restrain unjustified threats of trade mark infringement in connection with electronic cigarettes

Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd v Bargain Busting Limited [2025] EWHC 1629 (Ch) and [2025] EWHC 1705 (Ch) – appeal to the High Court following a trade mark opposition in the UK Intellectual Property Office, and consequential decision on quantum of costs and guideline hourly rates

Jeff Gosling Limited v Autochair Limited [2025] EWHC 1687 (IPEC) – successfully obtained declaration of non-infringement in mechanical patent claim including issues of indirect infringement

Salts Healthcare Limited v Pelican Healthcare Limited [2025] EWHC 497 (Pat) – patent infringement case in field of medical devices. Issues at trial included normal infringement, infringement by equivalence and validity over five prior art citations.

Well Lead Medical Co Limited v CJ Medical Limited [2025] EWHC 492 (IPEC) – patent trial concerning medical devices focusing primarily on issues of construction as well as normal infringement, infringement by equivalence and validity.

Sycurio Limited v PCI-PAL plc [2024] EWCA Civ 606 – telecoms patent appeal, successfully resisting appeal

Salts Healthcare Limited v Pelican Healthcare Limited [2024] EWHC 1539 (Pat) – applications regarding disclosure, product and process descriptions, and reliance on experiments, in a patent case concerning medical devices

Shorts International Limited v Google LLC [2024] EWHC 2565 (Ch) – applications regarding amendment of trade mark specification and pleadings

Shorts International Limited v Google LLC [2024] EWHC 2738 (Ch) – two-week trade mark trial involving issues of infringement, validity and passing off

Sycurio Limited v PCI-PAL PLC [2023] EWHC 2361 (Pat) – telecoms patent trial, successfully defending the case on both non-infringement and invalidity

 

Pupillage

WaterRower (UK) Limited v Liking Limited [2024] EWHC 2806 (IPEC) – copyright trial concerning works of artistic craftsmanship, assisting with skeletons, cross-examination preparation, and at trial, for the successful defendant

Newron v Comptroller [2023] EWHC 1471 – appeal in relation to meaning of “product” in the SPC Regulation

Molavi v BBC [2023] EWHC 646 (Ch) – summary judgment in relation to copyright infringement

Lifestyle Equities v Blakely BL O/0280/23 – appeal to the Appointed Person in relation to trade mark opposition

Bollard Proof v Michael Harrison BL/ O/0052/23 – patent revocation

Airbnb v Airtasker O/0543/23 – trade mark invalidity

McDonald’s v Mak Halal O/0296/23 – trade mark opposition

Yeti Coolers v Yetigel O/0201/23 – trade mark invalidity and strike out

Red Bull v Bullards O/921/22 – trade mark opposition

Ready4S Ltd v Marla International Ltd [2022] EWHC 3532 (Ch) – appeal in relation to judgment in default and set-aside for breach of contract

 

As a solicitor

Teva UK Ltd and Others v Gilead Sciences Inc (Case C-121/17) – CJEU decision in relation to Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation

ViiV Healthcare Company v Gilead Sciences Inc [2020] EWHC 615 (Pat) – strike out in relation to intention and the test for the doctrine of equivalents

Pfizer Limited v Hoffmann-La Roche AG [2019] EWHC 1520 (Pat) – decision in relation to Arrow declarations for biosimilars

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Institute of Space Policy and Law

MEng Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace, University of Southampton

 

Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law

 

Legal Practice Course, BPP University

 

Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Distinction, University of Oxford

 

Laura 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: 76570)

She has professional indemnity insurance provided by the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (BMIF Ref: 2190/066). Please refer to the BMIF website for full details of the world-wide cover provided, and the BMIF’s contact details.

“Patent pending: the law on AI inventorship”, Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice

 

“High Court of England and Wales considers ‘right to be forgotten’”, Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice

 

“Views on an evolving automotive industry – standards and essential patents”, Lexology

 

“ICO explores bias and discrimination in AI”, Lexology

 

“Deepfakes: is seeing still believing?”, Lexology

Laura is a keen sailor and races yachts in both the Solent and the (somewhat warmer!) waters of the Caribbean.