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Christie
Batty

Senior IP Solicitor

London Office

Law

Telephone. +44(0) 207 776 5100
Email. [email protected]
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Experience

Christie has expertise in both complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and in a broad range of licensing agreements.

Christie advises clients in relation to each of the core IP disciplines and has advised clients in enforcement actions issued in the IPEC, High Court and Court of Appeal. She also has experience of settling contentious, multifaceted disputes on favourable commercial terms for her clients.

Christie's experience includes a six-month secondment to an international credit card company, where she worked on a range of commercial agreements.

Specialisms

Industries

Services

Qualifications

Solicitor

England & Wales

BA

Warwick University

LLM

Nottingham Law School

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE

University of Oxford

Publications

Managing IP EMEA Awards 2025

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UPC stakes claim for wide-reaching long-arm jurisdiction for European patents

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The SkyKick Decision: The Importance of Origin Function

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HGF ranked as a top tier firm in Legal 500 UK 2025

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eControl System’s marketing and selling practices create unfair impression of a commercial connection with AGA

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UPC issues two first instance decisions on infringement

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First order to preserve evidence in the Paris Local Division of the UPC secured

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Mondaq awards HGF for thought leadership in Germany

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HGF is ranked as a top tier firm in Legal 500 UK 2024

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The question of lookalike products

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Prominence given to the preservation of the status quo

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Conferences: 2023

28th June 2023

IAM Live: Trade Secrets Strategy Europe 2023

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13th, 22nd June 2023

The HGF IP in Healthcare Conference 2023

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13th, 22nd June 2023

The UPC has opened its doors! See the latest updates and advice on the UPC here.

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Conferences: 2022

29th November 2022

LSPN Europe 2022

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A £2.1M Lesson: The Power of Confidential Information

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Protecting inventions in Europe and beyond

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Salzburg Seminar: Pitfalls in trade mark practice - What can be protected as a trade mark?

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Supreme Court holds that SKY marks were registered in bad faith

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