Mark Abell deals with franchising
and the exploitation of intellectual
property rights e.g. sponsorship,
merchandising and technology transfer. He is highly rated as a
leader in his field by The Legal 500 legal directory and An
International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers (Law Business
Research). He has been named "the Guru of franchising" in the
Chambers legal directory and rated as the UK's number one
franchising lawyer. Mark acts as an expert to the WIPO and WTO on
franchising. Mark is Chairman of the European Franchising
Network (EfN).
Mark is a member of the IBA Franchise Committee, ABA Franchise
Section and LES. He is a former Member of the Editorial Boards of
Trademark World, Patent World and Copyright World and a current
member of the editorial board of Emerging Markets: China and South
East Asia and Franchise Law and Business Alert.
Mark has been published extensively in a wide range of
publications and journals. He has also authored many books
including: “European
Franchising - Law and Practice in the European Community”; “The
International Franchise Option - Dispute Resolution, Taxation, Case
Studies”; “The Franchise Option - A Legal Guide”; “Franchising in
India and International Technology Transfer for Profit”. He is
co-author of WIPO publication on franchising and currently edits
the Butterworths “Encyclopedia
of Precedents Volume on Franchising”. Mark has over 500
articles published in journals including Patent World, Franchise
World, Business Franchise Magazine and Managing Intellectual
Property.
Mark also speaks Japanese.