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New trade mark partner for Venner Shipley

Managing IP Correspondent
April 09 2014

Birgit Clark will join UK IP firm Venner Shipley as a partner on May 1. She was formerly with Baker & McKenzie

Birgit Clark

She qualified as an attorney-at-law in Germany and later as a UK and European trade mark attorney and solicitor. She contributes to the MARQUES Class 46 blog and the IPKat blog.

Venner Shipley has three offices in the UK – London, Cambridge and Guildford.

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