People | Mark Owen

Mark is a Partner and head of firm's Intellectual Property Practice and joint head of the eCommerce / Technology Group. He specialises in the protection and use of technology and content - particularly over the web-branding, personality rights and character merchandising and the exploitation of brand, content and technology based properties. Much of his work involves advising on new issues raised by technological advances.

Mark acts for many suppliers and providers of web technology, mobile service providers, online advertisers and emerging growth companies. He regularly speaks at internet and IP related conferences in the UK and US, ranging from the PLI's Internet Institute in New York to the Edinburgh TV Festival. Topics he speaks on include the legal requirements for commercial communications with children, marketing to women on-line, selling software on-line and the rise of ASPs and the effect of the internet on the music and TV industries.

Mark also works with the Advertising, Aviation, Charities and Fashion Groups.

Mark joined Harbottle & Lewis in 1998 from Clifford Chance and was made a Partner in 1999. He is a member of the California Bar, the International Trade Mark Association, the Computer Law Association and the Society for Computers and Law.