Bath-based commercial lawyer Gavin Llewellyn has been appointed president of the International Association of Lawyers’ (UIA) Intellectual Property Commission, which brings together some of the world’s top intellectual property (IP) lawyers.
Mr Llewellyn, a senior associate in Bath-based law firm Stone King’s corporate and commercial team, specialises in IP matters. He speaks regularly on IP law at conferences organised by the UIA, which promotes professional excellence among the world’s lawyers and has more than 2,000 individual members and 200 bar, federation and association members from more than 110 countries. 
The IP Commission comprises about 200 lawyers from all over the world and arranges seminars on IP law at an annual congress and during the year, sometimes in conjunction with other commissions with an interest in IP.
Mr Llewellyn was appointed president at the UIA’s recent annual congress in Florence, Italy.
Mr Llewellyn’s expertise covers a broad range of IP rights with a particular focus on brand and design protection and exploitation, and on helping clients deal with contentious issues and business risks related to IP.
He advises clients in the areas of copyright, design rights, trade marks, passing off, database rights, domain names and the developing law of privacy and confidence, as well as risks arising from the use of social media.
Mr Llewellyn, who is fluent in French, is also a member of the UIA’s Fashion Law Commission and Computer Law Commission.
He said: “It’s a great honour to have been appointed a commission president of this important and respected international body.
“Intellectual property rights are essential for most businesses and need to be understood and protected. I look forward to working with colleagues from around the world to exchange knowledge and to promote greater understanding of this complex area of law.”
Stone King, which also has offices in Cambridge and London, employs 200 people including 29 partners and 85 fee earners.
