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For each IP right we offer services covering strategic advice, pre-registration searches, registrations and renewals, oppositions and dispute resolution. We handle work throughout the world, working with local colleagues in over 100 countries.
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As London Fashion Week celebrates its 40th anniversary, it’s a fitting time to celebrate the fashion and textile industry’s significant impact on UK PLC. According to research conducted by Oxford Economics it’s responsible for £62 billion of annual UK GDP, one in every 25 UK jobs and £1 in every £30 of HMRC’s annual tax receipts.
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Following successful exam results we are delighted to announce an additional Chartered Trade Mark Attorney. “As a training firm, we take great pleasure in successful exam results. It reflects our excellent candidates, the level of support available and our commitment to the profession. Congratulations Jack!” – Alice Findlay, Chairman for Reddie & Grose. Meet our most […]
Rebekah Vardy is reported to have registered the trade mark WAGATHA CHRISTIE, causing quite a stir and a lot of commentary because this is the press-given nickname of her arch-nemesis Coleen Rooney.
TRADE MARK TPN 2/2023: UK Address for Service now required in inter partes proceedings
The novelty of the terms “NFTs” and “the Metaverse” (in the context of trade marks) and the speed at which they are appearing in trade mark applications has required IP Offices to adapt their classification practice to ensure that there is guidance for applicants on how and where such terms are correctly classified.
3D shape trade marks continue to be rejected at the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). In the battle against counterfeits and copy-cats, a trade mark registration has to be a valuable acquisition. But it may be a challenge and Dior are the latest to struggle.
In Lindt’s latest instalment of their battle to protect third parties from retailing chocolate products which have a similar look to their golden bunny, they have succeeded in proceedings against Lidl before the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
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