Clare Turnbull

Profile

Clare is a Chartered UK Trade Mark Attorney and heads up Venner Shipley’s trade mark team. She has been working in trade marks for over 20 years but has a lifetime of experience in the legal profession. Prior to training and qualifying as a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Clare worked and qualified as an Associate of the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen. Her experience with legal costs gives her valuable insight into controlling and managing costs for her clients, who value not only this but the pragmatic and strategic advice she gives them. Clare has clients across a wide variety of sectors, amongst these professional services, consumer goods and lifestyle brands, fresh produce and technology. She uses this diverse experience to apply different thinking and approaches to problem solving for her clients, beyond those traditionally employed. Clare assists her clients with the management of global trade mark portfolios often spread across a large number of product areas and sub-brands and she has fully supported her clients on the acquisition and sale of global businesses. Although her passion lies with trade marks, Clare also has interests in and advises on designs and plant variety rights. Clare is co-editor of the UK Trade Marks Handbook.

Awards and Recognition

• Legal 500 UK (PATMA: Trade Mark) – 2024 & 2023
• World Trademark Review 1000, 2023

Professional Memberships

• Member of FICPI
• Member of CITMA
• Committee Member at International Trade Mark Association (INTA)

“Clare Turnbull has very good client relationships and expectations management. She is tailored and practical with her advice, and it certainly helps when she sets out the position, as well as the risk and benefits. She is also very friendly and approachable.”

PATMA: Trade Mark, Legal 500 – 2024

“Clare provides strategic and commercially appropriate advice, and makes a huge effort to really understand her clients’ businesses. Her pragmatism, professionalism and client-focused thinking are unrivalled.”

World Trademark Review 1000 – 2023