How can I help your business

• Guide you through the strategic planning and management of trade mark portfolios across multiple jurisdictions.
• Represent you in contentious trade mark matters, including oppositions, disputes, and negotiations.
• Provide practical advice on assignments, recordals, and brand protection strategies across key commercial sectors.

Overview & Expertise

Claire is a Partner and Chartered UK Trade Mark Attorney with more than fifteen years in practice, who leads the Trade Mark Practice of Marks & Clerk’s Cambridge office. 

Claire’s practice covers various fields including financial services, engineering, software, apparel and retail, medical devices and diagnostics, and to date she has handled filing and prosecution of trade mark applications in more than 160 countries/territories worldwide. 

Claire is one of the firm’s subject matter experts, being an active member of the firm’s Financial Services Leadership Team, and also part of the firm’s MedTech Sector Group. She is considered by colleagues to be an expert on UKIPO procedural matters (particularly opposition and invalidation matters) as well as complex international filing strategies and ownership update recordal projects.

As a Trade Mark Attorney, Claire’s specialism lies not in the technical understanding of a client’s product, but in understanding and steering their branding strategy, from name selection and clearance through to filing strategy, to ensure that their trade mark portfolio is as robust as possible, and within their budget.

Claire has been recognised in the Legal 500 rankings for 2024, 2025 and 2026, and also the World Trademark Review’s WTR1000 rankings for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Anonymous client feedback cited in these rankings describe her as: having a strong mastery of the subject matter and a keen understanding of the client’s business needs; responsive, professional and enthusiastic; incredibly knowledgeable; and “always excellent”.

Client Work & Case Experience

• Multi-sector clients — advising on the strategic planning and execution of trade mark filing programmes across a range of industries, including retail, financial services, and manufacturing.
• Brand owners — managing trade mark assignments and recordals to support corporate transactions and portfolio maintenance.
• Commercial organisations — handling contentious trade mark matters and supporting negotiations to resolve disputes.
• International portfolios — providing coordinated advice on trade mark protection across multiple jurisdictions.