Anna Rawlings

Anna is an Associate Director in Osborne Clarke's Intellectual Property team. Anna advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property law including clearance, protection and litigation across all IP rights.

Anna is an experienced IP litigator.  Anna's trade mark cases have involved seeking a declaration of non-infringement in respect of well-known marks, a cross-border passing off claim relating to the VFX industry, and enforcing trade mark rights in the context of a comparative advertising dispute. Anna's patent cases have involved core biotechnologies, generic pharmaceuticals and innovative mechanical retail products. 

Anna is listed in Legal 500 as a Key Lawyer in respect of trade mark, copyright and design law.  A client testimonial in Legal 500 states "Anna Rawlings is a skilled, highly effective and resourceful senior associate". Anna is also ranked by IP Stars as a "Rising Star". 

Anna has recently developed particular expertise in advising clients in the technology, media and comms sectors in respect of IP most relevant to data-heavy and digital businesses (e.g. software copyright and database rights).  Her work includes advising on the opportunities and risks around AI and IP, including in respect of web-scraping and the use of such content to train AI models. Her clients include TV broadcasters, global internet service providers and a world-leading marketing and analytics business.

Anna is a keenly involved in Osborne Clarke's CSR and D&I initiatives. In 2021, Anna was recognised by World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) as a worldwide trailblazer in its "Influential Women in IP" publication. The award was given to those global lawyers who "stood out by virtue of their impressive practice in IP and their sterling efforts to promote diversity and inclusion".  

Anna was Chair of IPSoc, the society for junior IP practitioners of up to 10 years PQE from 2019 - 2021, leading the society through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic. 

Anna holds a Postgraduate Diploma in IP Law and Practice and a Masters' degree with Distinction from Oxford University, as well as a First Class Honours degree from the University of Edinburgh. Anna qualified in 2014 and joined Osborne Clarke in 2016.