Iona Silverman
Iona specialises in drafting complex trademark and patent licences, advising on the IP aspects of acquisitions and disposals as well as drafting collaboration, joint-development and other agreements. She also has a solid grounding in contentious IP, having taken a ground breaking copyright case from the Copyright Tribunal, through the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, culminating in a decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union in 2013 (Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and Others Case C-360/13). Iona works with clients in the consumer goods, healthcare, automotive and media industries, and in 2016 spent nearly a year on secondment at a major FMCG client assisting them integrate three large newly acquired brands into the business.