Anna Blackburn graduated in 2004 with a First Class Honours Degree in Neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh, where she was also awarded the class prize. Anna joined the firm as a trade mark assistant in 2005. In 2007 Anna was awarded the John Parker Memorial Award by the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys for achieving the highest mark in the UK Trade Mark Practice paper for a candidate who also passed the UK Trade Mark Law paper at the same time.