Waterfront is delighted that our IP team’s success have been recognised in the 2025 UK rankings.
Waterfront has been ranked in band 4, alongside some of the largest international law firms in the world.
The Legal 500 reports that Waterfront provides an ‘excellent partner-led service’ and is noted for its wealth of experience on the contentious side, routinely representing its diverse roster of clients in the Chancery Division, IPEC, and UKIPO.
’Great strategist’ Matthew Harris, who has handled contentious mandates in the space for over 30 years, leads the group alongside ‘commercially minded’ Piers Strickland, who operates for a variety of clients spanning the sectors of financial services, fashion, and technology, among others.
In addition, Legal 500 report on the following testimonials from happy clients:
‘Piers Strickland is excellent. He knows the law, but it is his empathy with the client and his ability to take on board the clients’ views that makes him stand out from other litigators. I have already started to recommend him, and I would not hesitate to use him again, for any matter, large or small, complex or simple.’
‘Piers Strickland and Matthew Harris are good practitioners within a smaller niche practice giving clients access to their expertise without the additional layers of numerous associates and partners.’
The current legal framework in the UK does not allow copying of copyright-protected material for training generative AI models, except where it is carried out with permission of the copyright owner or done in a research or study context and for purely non-commercial purposes.
This matter deals with the Claimant’s (‘TVIS’) allegation of infringement and misrepresentation in relation to its “VETSURE” trade mark by the Defendant (‘Howserv’s’) “PETSURE” trade mark, used for pet insurance. In the first instance decision, the claim was dismissed due to the marks being highly descriptive and “not…