Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

Ben Hitchens Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP Associate London Tel +44 (0) 20 7556 4677 Fax +44 (0) 20 7716 3729 Download VCard

Ben is an associate in the firm's intellectual property group. His practice covers all aspects of Intellectual Property Law, with a particular focus on trade mark and copyright disputes.

• International, multi-jurisdictional patent litigation for a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company
  
  
• Patent licensing dispute for a major US-based pharmaceutical company
  
  
• Patent entitlement disputes with both domestic and international focus
  
  
• Pre-action advice on breach of confidence and jurisdictional issues
  
  
• Advising clients and enforcing rights in trade marks and copyright against infringements in the United Kingdom and internationally
  
  
• Advising on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property on the Internet
  
  
• Managing trade mark portfolios for leading multinational corporations, involving clearance searches and prosecuting applications in the United Kingdom and European Union
  
  
• Conducting opposition, revocation and invalidity actions throughout the United Kingdom and European Union to protect and enforce trade mark portfolios
  
  
• Protecting client design portfolios against infringements throughout European Union
  
  
• Company name disputes before the Company Names Tribunal
  
  
• Drafting licence agreements and distribution agreements for the commercialisation of intellectual property rights
  
  
• Working with one of the world's leading luxury brands groups to ensure compliance with data protection and privacy laws for each its brands around the globe

• "The times they are a-changin’" co-author, Intellectual Property magazine, April 2013.
  
  
• "A Question of Reputation", co-author, World Trademark Review Magazine, February/March 2012.
  
  
• “Broadband Advertising: UK Advertising Update”, co-author, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP Client Advisory, October 3, 2011.

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Prior to joining the firm, Ben trained at Herbert Smith, where he undertook a mixture of contentious and non-contentious work, including six months' experience in the firm's intellectual property department.

Away from the office Ben has a keen interest in charitable work and is a founding trustee of the Rafiki Thabo Foundation, a charity which aims to provide financial assistance for the furtherance of education in Kenya, Lesotho and Uganda.