Kaviyana Sitartha

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Associate

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Expertise

Kaviyana specialises in contentious IP and commercial matters with complementary experience in non-contentious work. She advises technology, gaming, and consumer brand clients on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, covering copyright, trade marks, designs, and passing off. Her experience includes managing litigation in the High Court and IPEC, coordinating international proceedings, and working closely with foreign counsel to deliver cohesive global strategies. She also advises on portfolio management, brand protection, and commercial agreements. She is known for her meticulous preparation, creative problem-solving, and ability to deliver practical solutions in fast-moving disputes.

Experience Highlights

  • Experience in working on multi-jurisdictional IP litigation for clients in the technology and gaming sectors, coordinating actions in over 10 countries alongside US proceedings.
  • Worked on matter representing a UK gaming company in defending a trade mark infringement claim brought by a major music publisher, including mediation and strategic coordination of related global disputes.
  • Worked on matter representing a Hungarian software company in defending trade mark, copyright, and passing off claims in the IPEC.
  • Worked on opposition and invalidation proceedings before the UKIPO and assisted on proceedings before the EUIPO.
  • Assisted in providing advice to a medical device company on enforcement actions against counterfeiters on major online marketplaces.
  • Supported clients in commercial disputes such as licensing, breach of contract, and domain name disputes.
  • Assisted in providing strategic IP and brand protection advice to technology and consumer brand clients, including clearance searches, portfolio management, and commercial agreement drafting.

Education

  • University of Warwick – LLB Law (Hons) (Qualifying) (2:1) (2019)
  • Queen Mary University of London – LLM (First Class – Distinction) Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law
  • Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in December 2024

Expertise

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Kaviyana specialises in contentious IP and commercial matters with complementary experience in non-contentious work. She advises technology, gaming, and consumer brand clients on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, covering copyright, trade marks, designs, and passing off. Her experience includes managing litigation in the High Court and IPEC, coordinating international proceedings, and working closely with foreign counsel to deliver cohesive global strategies. She also advises on portfolio management, brand protection, and commercial agreements. She is known for her meticulous preparation, creative problem-solving, and ability to deliver practical solutions in fast-moving disputes.

Experience Highlights

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  • Experience in working on multi-jurisdictional IP litigation for clients in the technology and gaming sectors, coordinating actions in over 10 countries alongside US proceedings.
  • Worked on matter representing a UK gaming company in defending a trade mark infringement claim brought by a major music publisher, including mediation and strategic coordination of related global disputes.
  • Worked on matter representing a Hungarian software company in defending trade mark, copyright, and passing off claims in the IPEC.
  • Worked on opposition and invalidation proceedings before the UKIPO and assisted on proceedings before the EUIPO.
  • Assisted in providing advice to a medical device company on enforcement actions against counterfeiters on major online marketplaces.
  • Supported clients in commercial disputes such as licensing, breach of contract, and domain name disputes.
  • Assisted in providing strategic IP and brand protection advice to technology and consumer brand clients, including clearance searches, portfolio management, and commercial agreement drafting.

Education

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  • University of Warwick – LLB Law (Hons) (Qualifying) (2:1) (2019)
  • Queen Mary University of London – LLM (First Class – Distinction) Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law
  • Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in December 2024

Kaviyana's team
Andre Yeghiazarian
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Avi Bhandari
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Anna Zainalian 
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Anamika Pillai
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