ROUSE LEGAL APPOINTS IP CONSULTANT FROM ALLEN & OVERY

UNITED KINGDOM – Rouse Legal, the UK legal arm of global intellectual property consultancy Rouse & Co International, has appointed former Allen & Overy partner Catriona Smith as a specialist consultant. Smith was a partner in the IP group at Allen &Overy for over 15 years, specialising in IP disputes. She has a number of ‘legal firsts’ on her CV – including gaining the first European-wide trademark injunction in the UK in a case concerning Viagra and handling the first UK case on unregistered community design rights.