We offer advice on trade marks and intellectual property rights, and provide a range of services including:
- Clearing a mark for use in the UK and overseas (by means of trade mark searches conducted through agents or through local attorneys in foreign jurisdictions and reporting on the results of those searches)
- Filing applications for trade mark registrations in the UK, at the Community Trade Marks Office ("OHIM"), and through the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO")
- Instructing local attorneys in overseas jurisdictions to file national applications on our clients' behalf
- Obtaining and filing Powers of Attorney and priority documents
- Setting up trade mark watches
- Advising on passing off and unregistered rights
- Advising on infringement
- Advising on and filing oppositions to applications for registration of trade marks in the UK, OHIM and at WIPO
- Advising on and filing applications to deal with invalidity and revocation of registered trade marks
- Assigning and licensing trade marks and settling co-existence agreements where conflict exists between marks
- Advising on counterfeiting issues
- Handling and advising on renewals of registered trade marks
- Advising on internet domain names
For further information please contact Michael Barrett.
