Marissa advises on a wide variety of IP disputes in relation to trade marks, passing off, design rights, copyright and database rights.

Her experience also includes advising on data protection disputes and technology and media related disputes, including contractual disputes and domain name recovery. Marissa advises clients across a range of sectors, including theatre, publishing, film, tv, music, games, technology and retail, on the management of their global trade mark portfolios and the enforcement of their soft IP rights. She has experience advising on all phases of a dispute, from pre-action correspondence through to trial, in UKIPO, IPEC, High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings.

Marissa has a particular interest in the intersection between artificial intelligence, the creative industries and intellectual property law, and has advised a number of clients on cutting edge copyright issues arising from generative AI.

Prior to working in law, she co-founded and produced a number of national tours for an award-winning theatre company. Marissa has since advised a number of notable theatre and publishing clients on a range of industry-specific and time-sensitive IP issues, and has been recognised as a “Key Lawyer” for these industries in the The Legal 500 2024 guide. Marissa holds a Postgraduate Diploma in IP Law and Practice from the University of Oxford.