Oliver Gray joined the profession in 2017 and qualified as a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney in 2020.

Trade Marks

Oliver has wide-ranging experience of contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters in the UK and overseas.  Oliver can assist clients with the clearance and adoption of a new trade mark, devising an appropriate global protection strategy, and ultimately policing trade mark rights against infringers.

Key projects include:

• Operating a global trade mark watching service for a major UK supermarket and a leading fashion designer, advising in connection with trade mark policing efforts
• Managing a UK and EU customs enforcement programme for a world-famous band
• Successfully leveraging a full rebrand from an established business infringing the rights of a major telecommunications business
• Completing an urgent multi-jurisdictional clearance project for an international entertainment business
• Defending a client’s position against a dubious infringement claim from a leading fast-food business and settling the matter before issue of a claim
• Clearing a trade mark for use in connection with sponsorship of a primetime television programme
• Settling a multi-jurisdictional dispute concerning household beer and liquor brands

Education

New College, University of Oxford – BA Modern Languages (German) and Linguistics (First Class Honours)
Queen Mary, University of London – Postgraduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice (Distinction)
Director’s Prize for Highest Mark in Trade Marks A and Trade Marks B
Nottingham Law School – Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice (Distinction)
CITMA Award for Highest Mark

Qualifications

Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

Recommendations

“Key lawyer”
The Legal 500, 2023

“Key lawyer”
The Legal 500, 2022