Joanne Lecky

Joanne Lecky graduated from Queen’s University Belfast with an LLB in Law with French. As part of her undergraduate degree, she spent a year studying law at the University of Limoges in France, obtaining a Diploma in French Law. Joanne then completed a Master of Science degree, her dissertation covering the protection of software as intellectual property.

She worked in-house as an intellectual property advisor for a US technology company prior to joining Murgitroyd in 2002. In her time with the company she has been promoted three times – moving to Director of our Trade Marks team in 2012, then becoming our Head of Trade Marks US & Europe (EEA) in 2020 and in 2021, was promoted to Managing Director of our Trade Marks Group. 

Joanne is a qualified trade mark attorney in both the UK and Ireland.  A member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, Joanne has presented to the Law Society in Belfast as well as lecturing undergraduate law students at Queen’s University.  She is also the Secretary of the IPO's DEI Committee, sits on the IPO Women in IP committe and is a CEDR Accredited Mediator.

She helps clients with trade mark clearance searches and protection as well as IP audits, licensing and dispute resolution.

Having experience in representing clients before the UK Intellectual Property Office and the EUIPO in oppositions, revocations and invalidity actions, Joanne also helps clients with trade mark searches and protection, as well as IP audits, licensing and dispute resolution.

Her clients range from large corporations to small and medium sized companies in a diverse range of industry sectors such as fashion, retail, food and beverage, FMCG, media and entertainment.

Joanne is based in Ireland and mainly works from our office in Belfast.