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Overview
Natalie Coulton is a dual Australian- and England & Wales-qualified associate in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice, based in the London office of Paul Hastings.
Natalie is a highly experienced IP and tech lawyer, having worked on matters spanning copyright, trademarks, patents, registered designs, trade secrets and confidential information for clients across a broad array of sectors and venues.
Natalie’s Medicinal Chemistry degree makes her particularly well placed to advise life sciences clients, but she has an unmatched ability to adapt and quickly understand a broad array of complex inventions, products and technologies across various sectors, including crypto and AI.
Accolades
- Notable, Contentious Patents, UK Patent Rankings, WIPR (2026)
- Shortlist, Rising Star International Law Firm, Women & Diversity in Law Awards (2025)
Education
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2019, Bachelor of Laws (1st class hons)
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2019, Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (1st class hons)
- College of Law, Sydney, Australia, Practical Legal Training, 2019
Representations
- Representing a major biotech company in international arbitration proceedings against to one of its collaborators.
- Advising on a Middle Eastern joint venture aimed at helping to scale up an up-and-coming U.K. EV car company.
- Advising a number of AI companies on the impacts of the EU AI Act and ongoing IP and AI litigation in the U.K. and globally that may impact their R&D decisions.
- Representing a major financial software developer in internal arbitration proceedings against a previous business partner.
- Advising a major international biotech company in connection with its global patent protection and litigation strategy against a competitor threatening to launch a competing treatment for achondroplasia.
- Advising an Australian based environmental technologies company on potential UPC proceedings and associated patent protection and enforcement strategy.
- Advising a U.S. biotech company in connection with a potential inventorship claim by Australian research partners relating to various high value European Patents.
- Representing NASDAQ in its trademark and breach of confidence action against Finage Ltd, a U.K. company accused of unlawfully accessing and distributing financial data worth some $9.6 million.
- Representing a major cryptocurrency exchange in actions against various parties for breaching their contractual obligations regarding their use of the cryptocurrency exchange.
- Advising a major global tech company on various IP, antitrust, tax and regulatory implications for its proposed launch of a new product in over 70 different jurisdictions.
- Part of a cross-jurisdictional team advising a major AI and tech company on aspects of a complex web of trade secret litigation, with proceedings before the Bermuda Supreme Court.
- Advising a leading life sciences client on a patent dispute regarding ownership of an extremely high value medical invention.
- Representing a cryptocurrency client in a trademark infringement dispute regarding the use of “Keyless Wallet.”
- Advising pro bono clients on various IP issues including trademark protection and enforcement, partnership agreements for joint initiatives and negotiating contracts for key promotional projects to boost customer engagement and awareness of key issues in the community.
Engagement & Publications
Publications
- "Court rejects application for summary judgment on claim concerning the rights to resurrect Star Wars character (Tyburn Film Productions Ltd v Broughton and others)" LexisPSL News Analysis , Co-Author (2024)
- "Draft Media Bill to bring Britain’s public service broadcasters into the big leagues" LexisPSL News Analysis , Co-Author (2023)
- "Deja Brew: The registerability of non-English trade marks post-''Cantarella''”, 127 Intellectual Property Forum: Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand 19-29 , Co-Author (2022)
- "State liability for ‘politically’ motivated conduct in the investment treaty regime", 33(1) Leiden Journal of International Law 77-100 , Co-Author (2019)
Past Engagement
- "Access to Justice and Alternative Dispute Resolution in IP Disputes," Intellectual Property Office and University of Wolverhampton 2026 Women and IP Conference, Panel ist (2026)
- "Advertising Compliance with the Code and Other Legislation," Legalwise Seminar Advertising and Marketing Law Conference, Speaker (2022)
Involvement
- Member – London Chapter of ChIPs
- Member – Society of Computers and Law
- Member – Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand