Who Are The People Behind Alexander Ramage Associates?
The firm was established by trade mark professionals to specialise in trade marks. The practice is owned and managed by the experienced Trade Mark Attorney team of Eric and Maggie Ramage,
working with their dedicated fully trained staff. All client work is handled by or under the direct supervision of a qualified professional.
Although based in Surrey the firm attracts clients from all over the United Kingdom and overseas. Many are from the west coast of California where Maggie practised before her marriage in 1988.
B.A. (ERIC) RAMAGE (Partner, trade mark attorney, trade mark and design litigator).
Eric is a fellow of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, practising exclusively in trade marks and designs. Having read Economics and History at Strathclyde University he joined the trade mark profession in 1969, and qualified in 1972. He is a Trade Mark Attorney on the UK register of Trade Mark Agents, and a European Trade Mark Attorney practising before OHIM (the European trade marks office based in Alicante, Spain). He has completed the Nottingham Law School course in trade mark litigation and was accredited as one of the UK’s first specialist Trade Mark and Design Litigators.
After spells in private practice and industry, Eric was one of the founding partners in a trade mark practice established in Lincoln’s Inn in 1978, and became the trade mark partner of the patent attorneys with which it later amalgamated. He left that practice in 1989 to establish Alexander Ramage Associates. He tutors Advanced Trade Mark Law and Practice at the annual residential crammers for the Institute's final examinations for entry on to the register of trade mark attorneys, and has lectured for many years on similar courses and lecture programmes. He is now a member of the Joint Examining Board. Eric was on the Institute's governing Council for many years and is currently a member of its Litigator Conduct Committee. He takes a keen interest in Internet issues, having been an appointed member of the Policy Advisory Board of the UK domain authority, Nominet UK, since 1999, and is now its Chairman.
Eric is a member of the International Sheep Dog Society and is part owner of a vintage truck. He shares an enthusiasm for canal boats with his wife and partner Maggie, and has been trying, since 1963, to find time to master the five string banjo.
MARGARET RAMAGE (Partner, trade mark attorney).
Maggie is a UK Trade Mark Attorney and a European Trade Mark Attorney. She is Fellow of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and is active on its governing council where she is the current 2nd Vice President having previously acted as Treasurer. She is also a member of INTA, ECTA and of MARQUES. Maggie studied trade mark law while working in patent administration, and in 1982 became head of European Trade Marks for the California-based Raychem Corporation. She was seconded in 1987 to the Corporation's Head Office near San Francisco, where she took responsibility for world-wide trade mark affairs. She later returned to England to marry, becoming assistant trade marks manager of the then Beecham Group (now part of GlaxoSmithKline) before moving to British Telecommunications as Trade Marks Manager.
Maggie became a partner in Alexander Ramage Associates in 1991. Her clients include start up firms and multi-nationals and range from medical practitioners to financial institutions, bath and beauty care specialists and mobile telecom providers. Her hobbies include walking her three border collie dogs, spending time on her canal boat, and exhibiting a 1952 vintage Scammell “ballast tractor” unit at vintage vehicle rallies.
PHILIPPA FRAYNE (Associate, trade mark attorney).
Philippa
is a qualified Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. She is a Trade Mark Attorney on the UK register of Trade Mark Agents, and a European Trade Mark Attorney practising before OHIM. She joined Alexander Ramage Associates in a paralegal capacity in 1990, after spending some time working in Belgium, and decided to qualify as a Trade Mark Attorney after studying for the examinations of the Institute of Legal Executives.Philippa is also a member of the European Communities Trade Mark Association. She has a very strong private client base, but has considerable skills in portfolio management, having acted for a number of multi-national clients over the years. Philippa enjoys aerobics, running and any fitness-oriented outdoor pursuits.
NATALIE RAMAGE (Associate, trade mark attorney).
Natalie is qualified as a Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. Having taken a joint honours Master of Arts degree in English Literature and History at Edinburgh University, she joined Alexander Ramage Associates in 1998, and now holds a post graduate diploma in Intellectual Property Law from Manchester Law School. She is a Trade Mark Attorney on the UK register of Trade Mark Agents, and a European Trade Mark Attorney practising before OHIM.
She has been a tutor in the Advanced Trade Mark courses run by Queen Mary College, London University, is a former examiner for the Institute's final Register Examinations, and is now a member of the Joint Examining Board for the final Register Examinations. Natalie takes a particular interest in Design Rights, and her clients include a number of graphic design firms, for whom she regularly registers design rights. Natalie enjoys swimming and scuba diving, and is married to a bass guitarist.
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20 High Street, Woking, Surrey, England, GU21 6BW
Tel 01483 750701, Fax 01483 740560, Email ARA@Ramage.co.uk