Steve Palmer

Palmer Biggs IP

Senior Partner

Intellectual Property

Gatwick, England

About My Work

Senior Partner of Palmer Biggs IP Solicitors, a high quality UK based boutique law firm with expertise in Intellectual Property Law. Our team serves national and international clients offering a top quality, professional and strategic service offering the full range IP solutions for some of the world's leading brands.

Legal 500 “Palmer Biggs is ‘one of the UK’s top boutique IP Specialists”

At Palmer Biggs IP, we are passionate about Intellectual Property and we embrace innovative technologies to help us advise our clients in creative ways. I have a keen interest in brand creation and protection, commercial exploitation of brands, and dispute resolution and litigation involving: Trade Marks, Copyright, Design Rights, Patents, Domain Names, E-commerce and Technology.

Palmer Biggs IP advises many leading global brands such as Nike, Converse, BMW, Daniel Wellington and we are proud of our reputation for excellence, personal service, niche sector expertise and technologically innovative approach to IP law.

★ Specialities

• Trade marks
• Patents
• Designs
• Internet law
• Copyright law

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Memberships & Qualifications

Czech Arbitration Court – Domain Name panellist / expert (UDRP and .eu)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva - Certificate in Intellectual Property law
Chartered Institute of Marketing – Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing
Université d’Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France – Industrial Export Studies
CITMA (Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys)
ECTA ( European Communities Trade Mark Association)
FAST (Federation Against Software Theft)
ACG (The Anti-Counterfeiting Group)
FCIM (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing)

Recognition/Awards

Leading Individual / Top tier IP law firm – Legal 500 (South East UK), 2023 edition
Recommended lawyer / Band 1 law firm for IP – Chambers & Partners (South, UK), 2023 edition
Ranked as an expert IP lawyer - WTR1000 (current)

Education

University of Bristol Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property
College of Law, London - Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
College of Law, London - Post Graduate Diploma in Law

Specific Areas of Focus

Advertising Law
Brand Enforcement
Brand Management
Brand Protection
Celebrity Representation
Copyright Disputes
Copyright Law
Design Rights
Domain Names
Domain Names Litigation
IP Commercialisation
IP Contracts
IP Disputes
IP Enforcement
IP Licensing
IP Litigation
IP Portfolio Management
IP Rights
IP Transactions
International Brand Protection
Internet Law
Marketing Law
Passing Off
Patent Disputes
Patent Litigation
Patent Prosecution
Patent Protection
Patents
Trade Mark Infringement
Trade Mark Litigation
Trade Mark Opposition
Trade Mark Portfolio Management
Trade Mark Prosecution
Trade Marks

AdTech
Automotive
Brands
Celebrities
Domain Names
E-Commerce
Fashion
High Tech
IP
IT
Internet
Technology
Websites

Rawlison Butler Solicitors (now incorporated into DMH Stallard)
Willoughby & Partners Solicitors