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Robert Dickens

Associate

Email

robert.dickens@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 1586

Offices

London

V-CARD
Rob specialises in all areas of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, trade marks, designs and patents. 

He has worked with clients across a range of sectors, including technology & media, food & beverage, consumer & retail, life sciences and financial services.

Rob has advised on the intellectual property issues arising from AI. He is a member of the firm’s AI group delivering strategic advice to clients on the safe deployment of generative AI. 

Rob also has experience in transactional intellectual property and has spent time on client secondment to Google’s DeepMind and UBS.

Expertise

Litigation

Experience

Pro bono

Working with Just for Kids Law to advise and advocate for young people who have been permanently excluded from school.

Working with Z2K to provide legal advice to Londoners experiencing complex benefits and housing issues that are causing financial hardship and crisis.

Advising C4RD, an arts charity in Highbury & Islington.

Working with REDRESS on raising awareness of and preventing LGBT+ violence and torture globally.

Published Work

  • Robert Dickens (2021) 'Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: what next for the UK?', A&O Digital Hub
  • Robert Dickens (2021) 'Surprising UKIPO decision finds likelihood of confusion on the basis of non-distinctive and descriptive common element', World Trademark Review 
  • Robert Dickens, Beverley Potts (2022) 'Considering the IPO’s consultation on designs framework and its impacts', LexisNexis
  • Robert Dickens (2022) 'Interim injunctions for product launches: has the horse bolted?', A&O

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • CITMA

Qualifications

Academic

BA (Hons), Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 2018 

LLM, Distinction, Commercial Legal Practice, BPP University, 2020

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.