Peter Brownlow
Email:Peter.Brownlow@twobirds.com
Phone:+44(0)20 7415 6000
Peter Brownlow
bird&bird
  • Trademark
  • copyright
  • design
  • database
Personal introduction

Peter Brownlow is a partner at Bird & Bird in London, specializing in intellectual property. Over the years, Peter Brownlow has helped companies build market-leading positions in trade mark, copyright, design and database rights.

Peter Brownlow has over 20 years' experience of managing high-profile IP disputes and also specializes in non-contentious work, including global rebranding and global IP protection strategies.

In the non-contentious arena, Peter Brownlow has managed Monster Energy's trademark work in Europe and Asia, as well as the rebranding of Everything Everywhere, and has advised Associated Newspapers on its METRO newspaper branding and trademark strategy. Peter Brownlow also advised Associated Newspapers on its METRO newspaper branding strategy.

Peter Brownlow has been recognized as a top practitioner in the Chambers and Legal 500 guides, and as a thought leader in the Who's Who Legal report on international trademark practitioners. Peter Brownlow has been a member of the Designs and Copyright Committee of the UK Trade Mark Attorneys Association since 1996 and has chaired the European Amicus Curiae Sub-Committee of the International Trade Mark Association.

Merck KGaA: Acting for Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) in a complex appeal against a decision on trademark infringement and breach of contract (under German law). The case concerned the use of the term MERCK.

S C Johnson: acting in a breach of contract claim concerning SC Johnson's failure to assign the KIWI trademark in the Middle East under a sale and purchase agreement.

Monster Energy: advising and acting on the coordination of its European and Asian trademark prosecution and enforcement strategy.

Associated Newspapers: Resolving a 10-year dispute over the registration of the METRO trademark between our client, Associated Newspapers and Bauer Media.

Education

Admissions
Law Society of England & Wales in 1991

Honors & Awards

Peter Brownlow is ranked as a top practitioner in the Chambers and Legal 500 guides and as a thought leader in the Who's Who Legal report on international trade mark practitioners. Peter Brownlow has been a member of the Designs and Copyright Committee of the UK Trade Mark Attorneys Association since 1996 and has chaired the European Amicus Curiae Sub-Committee of the International Trade Mark Association.

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