Group Profiles

Our Trade Marks Group has considerable experience in handling all aspects of trade mark protection in the UK, Europe and around the world. This includes trade mark selection and strategy, the filing and prosecution of trade mark applications before the national UK and European Community Trade Mark Offices (OHIM) and of international applications under the Madrid Protocol as well as instructing the filing and prosecution of trade mark applications widely throughout the rest of the world and opposing and defending trade mark applications. We also provide general advice and give opinions as required in particular in relation to infringement and passing off issues. The firm's trade mark clients vary from individuals to multi-nationals including many household names. We also advise on domain name disputes generally and in particular actions before Nominet (.co.uk), WIPO (.com) and EURid (.eu).

The firm has been involved in numerous oppositions before the UKIPO and OHIM as well as Appellate actions in the UK before the Appointed Person and the High Court and before the Boards of Appeal of OHIM and the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg.

The group liaises with our Legal and Assignments Group in connection with changes with recordable transactions such as Assignments, licences and security interests.

The firm’s Trade Mark Attorneys are all Members of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and European Trade Mark Representatives.

For further information, please contact James Fish, Monica Marshall or another member of the trade mark team.