Nessa Khandaker

Nessa has extensive trial and appellate experience with life sciences and high-tech patents as well as with copyright, trade marks and passing off cases in the UK. She has brought cases to the English High Court, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court as well as matters before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EU IPO) and the Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UK IPO).

Nessa has a dedicated focus on advertising and marketing law, advising clients on framing claims and crafting messaging to comply with UK advertising regulations while minimizing the risk of scrutiny by regulatory bodies, such as the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Nessa’s practice also includes handling advertising-related disputes and helping clients mitigate risks before any litigation arises.

Outside of her career in intellectual property litigation, Nessa worked in the U.K. Government Legal Department as a legal advisor, a role in which she advised on data and confidentiality issues arising in relation to individual asylum claims, subject access requests and Freedom of Information Act requests. Nessa’s practice in information law has proven to be of value to intellectual property clients, as she has advised on developments in light of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and privacy law developments in the U.K. as well as on privacy and related policies for retail clients’ websites. Furthermore, Nessa has strong foundations in privacy law in the context of human rights frameworks, which were a focus of her LLM.

Nessa’s clerkship at the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales included the opportunity to serve as a judicial assistant to Mr Justice Meade and Mr Justice Mellor of the Patents Court. She also provided assistance on a range of IP and commercial disputes to Mrs Justice Bacon, Mr Justice Jonathan Richards and His Honour Judge Hacon. Nessa draws on this experience at the High Court to advise clients on the most effective ways to handle litigation in the UK courts.