Hannah Finster
Principal
Europe
London
Hannah is an intellectual property lawyer who advises clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious IP issues primarily pertaining to trade marks, passing off, design rights and copyright matters.
Hannah has been involved in multiple actions before the High Court and Intellectual Property Enterprise Court including cases with multi-jurisdictional elements. Hannah has experience providing clients with practical and commercial advice from the pre-action stage through to settlement. Hannah also has particular experience submitting online trade mark, copyright and PDO infringement notices to third party web-platforms and also domain name dispute resolution procedure.
On the non-contentious side Hannah has worked on corporate transactions, drafting commercial contracts, intellectual property licensing and commercialisation, mobile application and website terms of use and privacy policies, and has also advised more generally on brand protection strategy, trade mark clearance searches and both trade mark and design applications and registrations.
Hannah has represented clients operating in a wide range of sectors, particularly from within fashion, food and beverages and other retail sectors, digital media and has particular experience advising clients in the fast-growing health and wellness industry.
Hannah graduated from the University of Warwick in 2011 with a degree in History. After completing her GDL and LPC she trained at a boutique IP firm in the West End, qualifying in March 2016 before joining Marks & Clerk in 2017. Outside of work Hannah’s interests include travel, food, good wine and skiing.
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Qualifications
Qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales (2016)
LLB. Law, University of Law London (2014)
Legal Practice Course, University of Law London (2014)
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law London (2012)
BA. History, University of Warwick (2011)
Postgraduate diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Oxford (2018)
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Latest articles by Hannah Finster
Exhaustion of Rights and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
Before Brexit, once goods had been legitimately placed on the market anywhere in the EEA, any applicable IP rights, such as registered trade marks, were “exhausted” so that the rights holder could no longer restrict further dealings in those specific goods anywhere in the territory (unless there were circumstances where the condition of those goods had been tampered with, for example).
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A Reminder to Retailers of the Importance of Clear Terms & Conditions
Michael Tappin KC, sitting as Deputy Judge, has issued an interim judgment in the ongoing IPEC proceedings between Seraphine Limited and Mamarella GmbH. The judgment highlights some of the difficulties one can face when trying to rely on and enforce terms and conditions against a previous partner where terms are not clear, do not reflect the practical ways in which the parties trade with each other, or where there is lack of evidence of terms being in effect between the parties. This serves as a reminder to retailers to have your house in order and to conduct regular reviews of your terms to ensure their relevance, accuracy and applicability.
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Legal light-up: Court of Appeal ruling on M&S and Aldi's glowing gin bottles
The decision previously handed down by the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (a division of the High Court) that Aldi infringed a number of registered designs by M&S directed towards gin bottles containing suspended gold flakes and a light incorporated in the base of the bottle has been upheld by the Court of Appeal, with Lord Justice Arnold, Lord Justice Moylan and Lord Justice Lewison dismissing Aldi’s appeal.
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