Colin Bell

Partner at Brabners (Intellectual Property & Commercial Law) - Head of Intellectual Property and Technology Sector

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

About

Specialties: Intellectual Property (contentious and non-contentious); General Commercial Law; Contract Law; IT; E-Commerce I am an intellectual property and commercial lawyer with experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property law including patents, trade marks, copyright, database rights, design rights and domain names. I also advise on commercial contracts, licensing arrangements, franchising, data protection, promotion and advertising issues, intellectual property strategies and e-commerce matters across a broad range of sectors including: Technology, Sport, Retail & Services, Media, ICT, Life Sciences, Betting & Gaming, E-commerce, Public & Third Sector. I have extensive experience in brand management and strategy, filing and prosecuting trade mark applications and litigious trade mark matters. I also lead the Brabners Technology Sector Group that deals with general technology-related matters as well as a number of sector vecticals including Esports, Digital and Creative, IT, Cyber-Security and big data matters.

Experience

  • Brabners (18 yrs 8 mos)
    • Partner - Head of Intellectual Property
      Nov 2007 - Present · 18 yrs 8 mos

      Partner in the Commercial Team, specialising in Intellectual Property and Trade Mark Prosecution

    • Partner - Head of Intellectual Property and Technology Sector
      Nov 2007 - Present · 18 yrs 8 mos

      Partner in the Commercial and Intellectual Property Team, specialising in Intellectual Property and Trade Mark Prosecution, and Head of the Intellectual Property Team and Technology Sector.

  • Associate at Olswang
    2002 - 2007 · 5 yrs

    Solicitor in the Intellectual Property department

  • Secondment at Tell-Tale Productions Limited
    2003 - 2004 · 1 yr

    Legal secondment at Tell Tale Productions Limited