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Beverley Potts
Senior Knowledge Lawyer
Beverley is a senior lawyer with many years’ experience in advising clients, in a variety of sectors, on a broad range of IP issues. These include:
trade marks, copyright and database rights, designs, and trade secrets.
trade marks, copyright and database rights, designs, and trade secrets.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Pro bono
Published Work
Cordell N., Potts B, Dickens R. (2024) “Ownership of AI-generated content”, European IP Review (AI edition)
Potts B. and Dickens R. (2023) “AI and synthetic media”, Managing IP
Potts B (2021) “Confusion is a complex concept for trade mark owners”, CITMA Review
Potts B. (2021) “The value of registered designs in protecting medtech products”, In Vivo
Matthes J. and Potts B. (2020) “Key considerations for enforcing trade marks and designs post-Brexit” and “More trade mark and design strategies for a post-Brexit world”, Managing IP
Stone D. and Potts B (2019): “It’s time to amend the Enforcement Directive to ensure all EU Member States provide for DNIs of EU trade marks and Community designs”, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice
Potts B., Stone D., Feldges J, Livneh K., Shen D. (2019) “Practical preparations for Brexit: a global perspective”, Managing IP
Cordell N. and Potts B. (2018) “Communication to the Public or Accessory Liability? Is the CJEU using Communication to the Public to Harmonise Accessory Liability across the EU”, European Intellectual Property Review
Fox J., Thompson L., Potts B and Doring D. (2018) “UK Threats: Worldwide Consequences?”, European Intellectual Property Review
Speaking Engagements
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
Current Member of the INTA Trademark Office Practices Committee (Madrid Protocol sub-committee).
Taskforce Leader, INTA sub-committee reviewing the Trade Mark Examination Guidelines, 2021-2023
Qualifications
Admissions
Admitted as Solicitor, England and Wales 2000
Admitted as Solicitor, New South Wales 2003 (non-practising)
Solicitor-Advocated (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings)
Academic
MA Law, Queens College, Cambridge University 1996
LPC 1997
Diploma in Intellectual Property Law 2001