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Act Now to Record Your UK Address for Service

As from 1st January 2024, it will be necessary to record a UK address for service where new contentious proceedings are launched against a UK comparable trade mark or re-registered design.

We advise strongly that trade mark owners act now to safeguard their rights by recording a UK address for service.

Learn why

Leona Walker

Brands & Trade Marks

  • Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

MA (Oxon) Biological Sciences, Higher Courts Litigation Certificate – (2017), MCITMA, CTMA

Leona joined SH&P in 2022 and is a senior associate within the firms Brands & Trade Marks Team, and is a qualified Trade Mark Attorney Litigator. She has considerable expertise in UK and EU trade mark portfolio management and enforcement.

She has advised businesses in a wide range of sectors including telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, fashion and entertainment, and has spent time on secondment at a multinational logistics company.

Prior to qualifying as a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney in 2011, Leona read Biological Sciences at Oxford University.

She is an active member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA). Leona is a member of the Law & Practice Committee’s EUIPO Liaison Working Group and volunteers for its virtual free advice clinics.

In her spare time, Leona can be found playing in her local symphonic band.


We are members of the following organisations:

  • CITMA
  • INTA
  • EPI Online
  • ECTA
  • CIPA
  • AIPPI
  • FICPI

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