Peter Houlihan—Cleveland IP

Cleveland IP has made Peter Houlihan a partner at the firm. He has been a senior associate at the firm for the last ten years and has specialised in matters relating to trade marks and designs, domain name disputes and court procedures.

Peter has worked on a number of complex contentious matters including actions for trade mark infringement and passing off in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court including against supermarkets, sellers on online auction sites and against parallel importers of vehicle accessories. He also has experience of liaising with UK Customs to obtain the destruction of goods infringing IP rights.

Peter said: “I am delighted to have been made partner. This is a great opportunity to build on my experience in leading on matters for our clients.”

Jonathan Clegg, a partner and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney at Cleveland IP, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Peter to the partnership. Our clients have certainly valued his input over the last ten years and I know they will continue to do so as he makes the move to partner.”