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Adele Houston

Trade Mark Administrator

Glasgow

Adele has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of IP support in a broad range of sectors and assists the Principal Director, Trade Marks, in the day-to-day management of trade mark portfolios. Her responsibilities include preparing and filing trade mark applications worldwide, creating, monitoring, and updating case records, preparation of letters and schedules, collating and reporting searches, and corresponding with clients and associates.

Adele joined Murgitroyd in 1989, initially assisting one of the founding Directors of the company and dealing with a wide range of patent, design and trade mark matters, before joining the dedicated trade mark team in 2007.

Adele is based in our Glasgow Office.

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Team Awards

  • Managing IP, Highly Recommended, Trade Mark Prosecution, Scotland, 2025
  • WTR, Gold rated, United Kingdom: Scotland, 2025
  • WIPR, Notable, UK Trade Mark Rankings, 2025
  • Legal 500, Tier 1, Trade Mark Attorneys, 2025
  • Chambers, Band 2, Intellectual Property: Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, UK, 2026
  • Décideurs Magazine, Leader’s League, Highly Recommended, Trade Mark Prosecution, UK, 2025

Highly recommended by Decideurs Magazine in their Best Law Firms for Trade Mark Prosecution (UK) rankings 2024

Decideurs Magazine

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Key Contributor to the Paralegal team supporting our Trade Mark Team recognised as Tier 1 by Legal 500

Legal 500 Trade Mark Attorney rankings

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