Paul O’Connor

Trainee Trade Mark Attorney since 2018
LLB (Hons)
Telephone : +44 (0)121 456 0095

Paul is a delight to work with

Highlights:

Worked as Brand Protection Assistant to a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney at an iconic American motorcycle company
Part of the award-winning ‘WTR Europe, Middle East, and Africa Team of the Year 2018’ in-house team
Assisted in the removal of over 7,ooo listings of counterfeit goods from both business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce sites. This equated to the removal of 406 million individual counterfeit units

“Paul is a delight to work with, and it is already clear to me he will be a future IP star.”

Lucy Walker, Trade Mark Attorney & Partner

Name three items in your office that you cannot be without? My diary, my standing up desk, my lunch. What aspect of the job do you enjoy the most? The sheer variety of work – no two days are the same. What’s the best advice you’ve been given? “What is the point of worrying about made-up scenarios that never happen?” – my mum. If you could work in another country, which would it be? New Zealand: Kiwis are incredibly friendly and the landscape is breath-taking. Who inspired you? My first line manager, a trade mark attorney, who first suggested and then supported me to choose this career path. Your favourite business book? ‘How to Own the World’ by Andrew Craig. And your favourite presentation? Professor Christian Helmers talking about ‘submarine’ trade marks at the University of Oxford.

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