05 July 2022 - Article
Richard Penfold
Partner
Richard is a partner in the intellectual property and technology team.
He joined the firm from JAG Shaw Baker when they merged with Withers to create a new legal offering, Withers tech, in 2018.
Richard has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on how to protect, exploit, structure enforce and manage intellectual property and technology assets. Richard’s experience covers a broad cross-section of intellectual property, life sciences and technology matters involving, among others, trade marks, patents, data protection and privacy, cybersquatting, licensing and franchising, copyrights, design rights, database rights, personality and image rights and advertising and marketing regulatory issues.
Prior to joining JAG Shaw Baker, Richard was head of European Intellectual Property practice at another law firm.
Track record
Admissions
Memberships
Ranked as a leading individual in the 2015 (and 2013) edition of Chambers UK for intellectual property
Latest edition of Thomson Reuters’ UK Super Lawyers publication 2013-2015
Who’s Who Legal: World Trade Mark Experts 2018
England and Wales, 1994
INTA
TIPLO
Society for Computers and the Law
Education
Languages
- English