Robert Dickens
Associate
London
Robert Dickens
Associate
London
Contact details
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, food & beverage, life sciences, consumer & retail, financial services and media. Rob also has experience in transactional intellectual property.
Rob has advised on the intellectual property issues arising from AI, and is a member of the firm’s AI group delivering strategic advice to clients on the safe deployment of generative AI. He has spent six months in-house at Google DeepMind on client secondment.
Qualifications
Academic
BA (Hons), Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 2018
LLM, Distinction, Commercial Legal Practice, BPP University, 2020
Related articles
Publications: 02 January 2024
Podcast: The power of synthetic media in advertising and mitigating risks from generative AI
The rise of generative AI presents vast opportunities for advertising. What IP issues do advertisers need to be aware of when using synthetic media?
Blog Post: 21 December 2023
Publications: 08 November 2023
Qualifications
Academic
BA (Hons), Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 2018
LLM, Distinction, Commercial Legal Practice, BPP University, 2020
Pro bono
- Working with Just for Kids Law to advise and represent 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.
- Advising Zaytoun, a community interest company which supports the livelihoods of Palestinian farmers, on trade mark matters.
- Working with Causeway Education on the A&O Smart Start scheme.
- Working with Brightside Mentoring on the A&O Smarter Futures scheme.
Published work
- Robert Dickens (2021) 'Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: what next for the UK?', A&O Data 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
- Mark Ridgway, James Gagen, Jill Ge, Robert Dickens (2023) 'The key to unlocking a successful trade secrets strategy', World Intellectual Property Review Insights
- Robert Dickens (2023) 'UK re-considers proposed exception for text and data mining', A&O Digital Hub
- Robert Dickens (2023) 'UK Supreme Court considers whether AI can be an inventor of a patent', A&O Digital Hub
- Beverley Potts, Robert Dickens, Theresa Castle (2023) 'NFTs And Intellectual Property Issues: A Practical Primer', A&O Tech Talk
- Robert Dickens (2023) 'Indirect confusion: What is it good for?', European Intellectual Property Review 2023, 45(6), 344-346
