CITMA Seminar for Litigators

Our sessions have been carefully developed to sharpen your skills and ensure you gain an understanding of today's most important questions in litigation practice.

Thursday 20th November: 

1:40pm - Becky Knott, Hogarth Chambers
Counterclaims (CPR Part 20)

Becky is a barrister at Hogarth Chambers. She has experience in all areas of intellectual property but has a particular focus on trade marks, passing off, copyright, and designs.

Becky appears regularly in proceedings before the IPO (including the Appointed Person) and has experience of appearing in the High Court and IPEC, including in Edwards v Boohoo and as sole counsel in Dryrobe v Caesr Group t/a D-Robe. She was ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ by the Legal 500 in the 2026 rankings.

Prior to qualifying as a barrister, Becky qualified as a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney Litigator, working for several household names, although she is now non-practising. 

Becky is a member of CITMA Council and sits on the CITMA Law & Practice Committee and the CITMA Litigation Working Group. She is also a tutor on the Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University.

2:25pm - Iona Berkeley, 8 New Square
Thatchers v Aldi - Lookalikes and dupes

Iona Berkeley is a member of 8 New Square and is very experienced in all aspects of Intellectual Property and  has particular in depth expertise in trade marks, passing off,  copyrights, designs, confidential information, and associated areas such as media and entertainment, IP related international arbitrations, IP related contractual disputes (such as licence disputes). She regularly appears in the UK IPO, before the Appointed Person, the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Iona has an excellent reputation as a leading Senior Junior in Intellectual Property matters. The legal directories comment that  "Iona is an extremely thorough and intelligent barrister who is great at looking around corners to anticipate the next steps in proceedings. (Legal 500 2025) and that she “has a brilliant mind and a wonderful manner with clients” (Chambers & Partners 2021). The legal directories further comment that: “Iona is always supremely well prepared and instils great confidence in clients, courts and tribunals.” (Legal 500 2023). The directories further describe her as  “extremely bright, thoughtful, thorough and practical” (Legal 500 2024) and that Iona is “..an excellent advocate who has the respect of opponents and the bench” (Chambers & Partners 2018); and further, Iona is described as “a very calm presence” providing “an excellent level of service and is an expert in her field.” (Chambers & Partners 2023).

3:30pm - Jacqueline Reid, 11 South Square
Delay, statutory and common law acquiescence, estoppel and laches

Jacqueline practices in all areas of IP and in IT law. In recent years she has become sought after for her expertise in the areas of Trade Marks, Data Protection and Confidential Information and often advises high profile clients in these areas.

She has an equally impressive reputation for her work in the areas of design right and copyright cases. She has built up longstanding relationships with well known beauty and fashion brands and is regularly instructed by them to appear in court and to advise more generally.

4.15pm - Jonathan Moss, Hogarth Chambers 
Interim injunctions and threats, in light of the recent Crystal vape case and the pending appeal to the Court of Appeal

Jonathan specialises in Intellectual Property but his practice encompasses broader aspects of Commercial Law, particularly those with a technical component such as large software disputes. His experience includes patent litigation (UK and EPO), trade marks, passing off, copyright, design right, confidential information, defamation, privacy and general contractual. He has also been involved in a significant number of ex parte search orders and freezing injunctions.

Jonathan regularly appears in the High Court, in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, the Court of Appeal and the Trade Mark Registry. In commercial matters Jonathan has appeared in the Mercantile Court and in the Commercial Court. Jonathan has also appeared as sole advocate numerous times in the General Court and the Court of Justice. He is also one of the only advocates to have ever appeared in an oral hearing at the EUIPO.

Since 2016 Jonathan has taught design law at Oxford University on their Diploma in Intellectual Property Law. Previously Jonathan has been a guest lecturer at the University of Strasbourg where he taught UK patent litigation, and also at UCL and Kings College where he taught on their joint LL.M program in IP. He also lectures for CIPA on their Basic Litigation Skills Course and on their Patent Attorney Litigation Course.

Jonathan has been a contributing author to the following books: Law of Remedies (2019, edited by Franz Hoffman), Copinger and Skone James on Copyright (2016), Antitrust in Groceries Sector & Liability Issues in Relation to Corporate Social Responsibility (2015, edited Pierre Kobel) and The Trade Marks Handbook. He has contributed articles to the CIPA Journal and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice.

He is currently writing a book on Damages and Remedies in Intellectual Property Law.

Jonathan is regularly asked to give talks and seminars on a wide range of IP and international IP matters and has been invited to speak at various conferences throughout the UK as well as international conferences in Sydney, Nuremburg, Hamburg, Milan and Washington DC.

We are operating a hybrid format for this seminar. If you're joining us in person, the address is: 

Baker McKenzie
280 Bishopsgate,
London
EC2M 4AG

The Baker McKenzie London office is easily accessible by public transport, with Liverpool Street station just a 6 minute walk away. To explore the location on Google Maps, please click here.

• Member rate: £240 (VAT exempt)
• Standard rate: £270 (VAT exempt)

• Payment online via debit or credit card only; proforma invoices are not available.
• Full terms and conditions apply.
• Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 13th November.