Staines, Sarah Gillian
Staines, Sarah Gillian - Consultant Solicitor

DD +44(0) 20 7553 9930

F +44(0) 20 7490 5060

Location: London

Specialism: IP/IT

Staines, Sarah Gillian

Introduction

Sarah Staines is a highly experienced intellectual property and information technology solicitor who provides commercial advice on the identification, registration and protection of intellectual property. Sarah has the ability to draft practical conceptualisations of intellectual property exploitation; licences, assignments and mortgages and can create computer contracts; software, hardware, software as a service, solutions supply, reseller and outsourcing in the language of business. Sarah also advises on data protection and trade secrets.

Education
  • Masters Degree in e-Commerce Law, University of Hertfordshire, 2000
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, UH, 1997
  • FILEX, 1993
Industry sectors
  • Food, Drink and Leisure
  • ICT
  • Technology peripherals manufacture and international supply
Recent work
  • Patent Mortgage over PCT Application
  • Publishing Agreement dispute resolution
  • Trademark and Design Right Portfolio management for two nationally renowned leisure sector companies
  • Toy and character merchandising agreement including protection in copyright and trademark
  • Procurement contract for the supply of a replacement business software system for a public body (five year investment in excess of £6m)
  • Bespoke software development and cloud computing hosting agreements
  • Negotiation with Information Commissioner over CCTV use for a multiple site commercial property owner
Previous employment
  • Sherrards Solicitors
  • Pictons Solicitors
  • Various posts in business administration and retail management (prior to studying to become a solicitor)
Professional memberships and committees
Languages
  • English, mother tongue