In brief: Trade mark expert heads to Field Fishers

Trade mark and patent agent expert and qualified solicitor Barbara Cookson has joined Field Fisher Waterhouse's intellectual property unit as a partner. Cookson is former head of Titmuss Sainer Dechert's trade mark practice. Intellectual property unit head Mark Abell said: "Barbara has a special expertise in trade marks which complements and adds substantial depth to our existing trade mark capabilities."