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Rachel Cook

Associate

Rachel received her law degree from Durham University and qualified into Dispute Resolution in September 2007 having trained at Fox Williams.

Rachel has handled a broad range of general commercial disputes.  In particular, she has experience in all types of intellectual property disputes, including design rights, trade marks, copyright and passing off.

Her past work includes:

• Achieved a settlement for the brand Superdry against Primark, who had been accused of copying Superdry’s Brad Jacket
• Achieved a settlement for the brand Superdry against the streetwear retailer Fenchurch, who had been accused of copying one of Superdry’s jacket designs
• Achieved a settlement against Arcadia Group, who had been accused of copying a client’s designs
• Acted successfully for Trinity Mobile (a mobile phone ticket provider) in defending an action for patent infringement to the extent that the Claimant withdrew its Claim
• Successfully acted for a client who had been accused of design right infringement which led to the complaint being dropped
• Acted for the Swedish telecommunications company, Tele2 in its litigation against the Post Office in the High Court and Court of Appeal
• Getting a Default Judgment set aside on behalf of a Canadian based company which subsequently led to a favourable settlement of the Claim being made against it
• Obtaining favourable settlements at mediation on behalf of several commercial agents who were claiming compensation following their termination

Rachel is a member of Fox Williams’ Agentlaw and Fashionlaw groups.  She has given seminars and talks on a variety of issues arising in these areas, including in-house training.  Rachel is also a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association.

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