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Rosie Burbidge is a dynamic intellectual property lawyer with a passion for resolving complex trade mark and design disputes. She thrives on helping businesses protect their innovations and navigate high-stakes litigation.
Rosie Burbidge is a Partner specialising in trade mark disputes, design litigation, and IP enforcement strategies. She provides expert legal advice to fashion, technology, and creative industries, helping businesses protect their innovations and navigate complex intellectual property disputes. Rosie is known for her strategic approach and dedication to securing the best possible outcomes for her clients. A client recently noted, "Rosie has exceptional talent: she fights really hard for clients, getting the best conceivable deal."
Rosie’s expertise spans a wide range of contentious IP matters, including trade mark oppositions, invalidity actions, unregistered design disputes, and online enforcement. She is a recognised thought leader in the industry, with clients describing her as “extremely strategic, sophisticated and business-oriented” with “an outstanding track record.”
Her work is deeply international, reflecting the global nature of her clients’ businesses. Clients praise her responsiveness and solution-oriented advice, saying, “Rosie is an exceptionally bright, knowledgeable and dedicated IP lawyer, always on top of new developments and a thought leader on trends in the IP field, particularly relating to the fashion industry.”
Rosie’s book, European Fashion Law, has cemented her reputation as an authority on IP law in the fashion sector. She is also a sought-after speaker on IP enforcement and anti-counterfeiting strategies. Clients have described her as “an all-around excellent trademark lawyer, a real advocate for her clients and a great resource.”
Known for her hands-on approach, Rosie leads with a mindset of “outstanding service and dedication to her clients, coupled with excellent legal skills and pragmatic understanding of client needs.” One client summed it up: “Rosie truly knows the ins and outs of trade marks and I fully trust her on any trade mark in any industry, for any client.”
Rosie is passionate about helping businesses protect their creativity and thrive in an increasingly competitive and complex IP landscape.
- Representing a popular computer game brand in a multi-jurisdictional trade mark dispute involving US litigation and opposition and invalidity proceedings across the Americas and Europe.
- Securing a favourable settlement for a tech company in a UK copyright and trade mark infringement dispute.
- Resolving disputes over identical or highly similar names in adjacent industries or territories.
- Resolving a variety of copyright and design disputes for a well known British fashion brand. This included providing clarity on the use of key intellectual property assets across Europe.
- Using the Company Names Tribunal to effectively combat non-responsive infringers.
- Managing design rights enforcement for a global homeware brand, including litigation and settlement negotiations.
- Advising on anti-counterfeiting strategies, including domain name disputes and enforcement, including against online marketplaces.
- Helping a wide range of businesses secure, maintain and exploit their trade mark and design portfolios around the world including across Europe, North America and Asia.
- Advising on complex, urgent trade mark clearance searches and identifying the strategic options available to a variety of businesses.
- "Rosie is an all-around excellent trademark lawyer, a real advocate for her clients and a great resource." – Chambers 2024
- “Rosie has extensive knowledge and expertise on a wide variety of matters, which she communicates clearly and effectively without using legal jargon. She is an active listener who understands her patrons’ commercial goals and pairs this with a nuanced understanding of trademark law to provide practical solutions that are proactive, actionable and, most importantly, fit with the overall business strategy. Rosie creates a collaborative and positive working relationship and always seeks to add value, which is greatly appreciated.” – World Trademark Review WTR1000 2024
- Listed as an IP Star in 2024
- "The team is led and inspired by the wonderful Rosie Burbidge. They all share a mindset of outstanding service and dedication to their clients, coupled with excellent legal skills and pragmatic understanding of client's needs." – Legal 500 2024
- Author of European Fashion Law (2019). The second edition will be published in mid-2025. The book is highly regarded by professionals and senior business leaders, praised for its accessible approach to complex IP issues.
- Former blogger for IPKat, the popular European IP blog
- Respected thought leader on a range of IP issues at rosieburbidge.com
Rosie is a lifelong Lego enthusiast who loves the creativity and problem-solving challenges it inspires.