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Lucy Harrold

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

lucy.harrold@keystonelaw.co.uk

“Lucy Harrold and Keystone Law have served Tangle Creations successfully in every copyright infringement action for Tangle. Lucy’s actions were always timely and on budget. I’m a big fan of Keystone Law and Lucy Harrold and would recommend them to anyone who needs great IP enforcement.”

- Richard X Zawitz, President

Lucy is a specialist intellectual property lawyer and has extensive experience in advising on all IP and related rights. She has a particular expertise in IP disputes, both in resolving them and litigating them in the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal of England and Wales. She also has a distinct specialism in copyright issues in the context of software, the Internet, and databases.

Lucy’s clients have ranged from artists and inventors through to banks, professional service firms, and large airlines. Other sector experience includes shipping, energy, retail, healthcare, and manufacturing.

She also specialises in contractual issues related to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture about which she advises international non-governmental organisations.

Lucy taught Intellectual Property Law to undergraduates at Cambridge University as an external tutor between 2012 and 2018 and has recently been lecturing and working on policy issues surrounding Artificial Intelligence and Copyright.

Expertise

Lucy advises on all aspects of IP, including patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, moral rights, ‘passing off’, and confidential information including due diligence, discrete IP documents such as confidentiality agreements, assignments, licences, and co-existence agreements.

Experience

  • Advises global toy manufacturer Zuru Inc on various IP issues in relation to their toys, from personality rights to the copyright and design rights of their products and third-party products as well as managing their Amazon UK online enforcement.
  • Advises US design company Tangle Inc on various IP protection and enforcement issues from copyright to designs, trade marks, and ‘passing off’.
  • Advises clients of trade mark and patent attorneys on discrete IP issues including assignment and confidentiality agreement issues for university spin-offs, pharmaceutical and engineering companies, drafting and negotiating assignments and dealing with chain-of-title issues to secure enforceable rights for their clients.
  • Advises the Global Crop Diversity Trust on its database issues and contractual documentation with partners.

Lucy represents clients in IP and IT disputes, including copyright, trade mark, ‘passing off’, and domain name conflicts. She has litigation experience in IPEC, the High Court, and Court of Appeal.

Experience

  • Acted for Tangle Inc in an IPEC copyright dispute over its best-selling Tangle product (2023).
  • Acted for Geneva Laboratories in respect of its skincare brand Bio-Oil on anti-counterfeiting trade mark disputes including a High Court action against Groupon (2017/18) and multiple IPEC actions against various defendants (2018 onwards).
  • Acted for Micro Focus in copyright infringement and breach of contract claims in respect of its key software (2010).
  • Acted for cosmetics company Nude Brands in its reported High Court community trade mark infringement dispute, Nude Brands v Stella McCartney and L’Oreal (2009).
  • Acted for US printer manufacturer Markem Corporation in landmark patent entitlement dispute, Markem v Zipher (2005).
  • Acted for easyJet defending its airline booking system in the leading case on software copyright infringement, Navitaire v easyJet Airline Company (2004).
  • Acted for pharmaceutical companies in the leading case on parallel imports and exhaustion of trade mark rights, Boehringer Ingelheim v Swingward (2000).
  • Acted for British umbrella manufacturer Fulton in a design right infringement action, Fulton v Grant Barnett (2000).

Lucy advises retail clients on intellectual property protection, branding, and licensing. She assists with trade mark strategy, design rights, and online issues, helping retailers protect and enforce their brand assets across digital and physical markets.

Experience

  • Provides miscellaneous IP advice to international toy designer and manufacturer Zuru Inc, on its IP issues in the United Kingdom including in relation to online patent infringement issues and enforcement options, working on cases against the small infringers to the larger-scale infringements via reseller sites including Amazon UK.
  • Advises US design company Tangle Inc, on various IP protection and enforcement issues from copyright to designs, trade marks, and ‘passing off’.
  • Acts for Geneva Laboratories in respect of its skincare brand Bio-Oil on anti-counterfeiting trade mark disputes including a High Court action against Groupon and multiple IPEC actions against various defendants.
  • Advised Italian shoe company Geox SpA on IP disputes.
  • Advised global retailer WH Smith on IP disputes.
  • Advised luxury brand Jimmy Choo on IP disputes.

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Recognition

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Intellectual Property: Trade marks, Copyright and Design 2023, 2025-2026

Recognised in WIPR leaders for expertise in IP, including patent, trade mark, and copyright issues 2026

Recognised by The Legal 500 as Recommended for Intellectual property: Patents 2023–2025

Recognised by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) IP Stars as Notable Practitioner 2022, 2024–2026

Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Member of the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group

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