Kendal Watkinson

Barrister pupil, Hogarth Chambers

Since being called to the Bar in 2021, Kendal has established a wide practice spanning all areas of soft IP and media law. She has a particular expertise in designs, copyright, database rights, trade marks and confidential information, in addition to related contractual and jurisdictional issues. Just three months after taking tenancy, Kendal conducted her first solo IPEC trial against experienced senior counsel.

Kendal appears regularly as both sole and junior counsel in the IPEC, High Court, Court of Appeal, UKIPO, and before the Appointed Person. She has acted in some widely reported cases, including AGA v Uk Innovation [2024] and WaterRower v Liking [2024], which was awarded Impact Case of the Year at the Managing IP Awards 2025. She is also an ADR qualified mediator and a contributor to Copinger and Skone James on Copyright.

Outside of Chambers, Kendal sits on the committee of IPSoc and teaches on the litigation course for trade mark attorneys at Nottingham Law School. Before coming to the Bar, Kendal spent some time working in the Copyright and Enforcement Directorate at the UKIPO. As part of the Digital Technologies Team, her work was focused on the interaction between Artificial Intelligence and IP law, and the shifting legal landscape in this area.

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Claim form (infringement of UK registered and unregistered designs)—the contents

Precedents

This Precedent sets out guidance on the contents of a claim form for use in relation to a claim for infringement of UK registered designs and/or UK unregistered designs and/or supplementary unregistered designs. It contains a link to an N1 claim form (CPR Part 7) which has been populated with suggested text which can be adapted for use in either the Intellectual Property List within the Chancery Division, in the Patents Court or in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC).

Defence and counterclaim (infringement of UK registered and unregistered designs)

Precedents

This is a Precedent defence and counterclaim for use in relation to a claim for infringement of UK registered designs pursuant to the Registered Designs Act 1949 and/or UK unregistered designs pursuant to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or supplementary unregistered designs pursuant to Assimilated Regulation (EU) 6/2002. It claims various defences to infringement and sets out counterclaims based on the invalidity of the registered UK design, and on unjustified threats. It can be adapted for use in the Intellectual Property List within the Chancery Division or in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court or in the Patents Court.

Final order (infringement of UK registered and unregistered designs)

Precedents

This is a Precedent final order (or order following judgment) for use in relation to a claim for infringement UK registered and unregistered designs. It assumes that the claimant has brought successful proceedings in the High Court for infringement of UK registered designs pursuant to the Registered Designs Act 1949 and/or UK unregistered designs pursuant to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or supplementary unregistered designs pursuant to Assimilated Regulation (EU) 6/2002. The order is drafted on the basis that the defendant has brought unsuccessful counterclaims based on the invalidity of the UK unregistered design and/or unjustified threats. It can be adapted for use in the Intellectual Property List within the Chancery Division or in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court or in the Patents Court.

Particulars of claim (infringement of UK registered and unregistered designs)

Precedents

This is a Precedent particulars of claim for use in relation to a claim for infringement of UK registered designs pursuant to the Registered Designs Act 1949 and/or UK unregistered designs pursuant to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or supplementary unregistered designs pursuant to Assimilated Regulation (EU) 6/2002. It can be adapted for use in the Intellectual Property List within the Chancery Division or in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court or in the Patents Court.

Reply and defence to counterclaim (infringement of UK registered and unregistered designs)

Precedents

This is a Precedent reply and defence to counterclaim for use in relation to a claim for infringement of UK registered designs pursuant to the Registered Designs Act 1949 and/or UK unregistered designs pursuant to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or supplementary unregistered designs pursuant to Assimilated Regulation (EU) 6/2002. It claims replies to various defences to infringement and to counterclaims based on the invalidity of the registered UK design, and on unjustified threats. It can be adapted for use in the Intellectual Property List within the Chancery Division or in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court or in the Patents Court.