Donna Trysburg

Trade Mark Attorney

Donna is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and European Trade Mark Attorney in the Trade Mark and Domain Names Group.

She assists on a wide range of UK, European Union and International Trade Mark cases for major clients of the firm. She is the central contact for one of the firm’s major clients.

Donna holds a Bachelor of Law with European Legal Studies LLB (Hons) from the University of Durham and an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Edinburgh.

Recent work

  • Two periods of secondment to a major multi-national telecommunications company.
  • Global portfolio management and a comprehensive portfolio audit for a major multi-national telecommunications company.
  • Ongoing co-ordination and advice on numerous trade mark disputes worldwide for a major multi-national telecommunications company.
  • Working with a renowned British theatre company to provide advice on clearance for new show and theatre names, filing of new applications and registry disputes for a variety of marks.
  • Portfolio management for a designer and manufacturer of amphibious sports vehicles and advice on various disputes.
  • Acting for a client in the financial services industry before the Company Names Tribunal.
  • Assisting a client in the hospitality industry with a successful opposition and attending an inter partes hearing with Counsel before the UK Intellectual Property Office.
  • Negotiating settlement of a dispute for a client on a pro bono basis in relation to a threat of infringement proceedings made against a planned charity festival event.

Publications

Infringment arguments put to bed, CITMA Review, May 2018
'Chambers Global Practice Guide - UK Trade Marks 2017', Contributor, January 2017
'ITMA becomes Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)', co-author: Rachel Conroy, December 2016
'Myanmar (Burma) to implement formal trade mark protection in 2017, co-author: Rachel Conroy, November 2016
'Spa Wisdom in deep water', ITMA Review, July 2016
‘boult.bites TM’, May 2015
‘boult.bites TM’, January 2015
‘boult.bites TM’, October 2014
‘Ground shifts under groundless threats’, April 2014
‘boult.bites TM’, March 2014
‘boult.bites TM’, October 2013
‘boult.bites TM’, July 2013

Events

JIPLP event; “A Distinctive Mess? Current Trade Mark Law and Practice in the EU and UK, November 2017

Durham University Alumni in Law Event, London January 2018

MIP International Women in Leadership Forum, Attending, London, February 2017

Norton Rose Fulbright, Women in IP – Launch event, Attending, London, November 2016

Seminar, ‘The IP Zeitgeist’, July 2015

ITMA spring conference, March 2014

Trade Mark and Domain Names

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John Wallace

Managing Partner
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Ana S. Maeso

Partner
 

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Gillian Farmer

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Catherine Wolfe

Partner
 

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Peter Vaughan

Trade Mark Attorney
 

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Ai Ling Lim-Lee

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Lana Yahya

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Connor Thorogood

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Isabel Blanco Esguevillas

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Angharad Rolfe Johnson

Trade Mark Attorney
 

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Jo Newcombe

Paralegal
 

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Emily Scott

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Henry Schlaefli

Trade Mark Assistant
 

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Alice Gatignol

Trade Mark Assistant
 

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Álvaro Cabeza

Principal and Partner
 

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Roshani Muniweera

Trade Mark Assistant
 

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Daniela Paull

Trade Mark Attorney
 

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Emma Pitcher

Partner
 

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Lisa Ormrod

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Charlotte Duly

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Anusha Arunasalam

Trade Mark Attorney
 

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Rachel Conroy

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Luke Portnow

Trade Mark Attorney
 

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Tony Pluckrose

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Natalie Barnard

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Donna Trysburg

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Phone this number +44 20 7430 7500

Email this address dtrysburg@boult.com

My location

My location

Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London
WC1X 8BT

Sectors and practice areas

Sectors

  • Cosmetics and perfumery
  • Engineering and manufacturing
  • Financial services
  • Food and drink
  • Retail
  • Software and technology
  • Sports, leisure and hospitality
  • Telecommunications
  • Entertainment and theatre

Practice areas

  • Brand selection, searches and clearance
  • Opposition and dispute work
  • Enforcement and advisory work
  • Filing and prosecution
  • Filing strategy and international filing programmes
  • Global portfolio management
  • Portfolio audit

Memberships

  • IPSoc
  • CITMA: Member of the Pro Bono working group

Qualifications

  • European Trade Mark Attorney
  • Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
  • Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice, Nottingham Trent University
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice, Queen Mary University of London
  • LLM Commercial Law, University of Edinburgh
  • LLB (Hons) Law with European Legal Studies, University of Durham
  • IP Transactions: Law and Practice course, University College London
  • IP Transactions: Law and Practice course, University College London

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