The trade mark department is based in our Bristol office. The industry-based background of many of our trade mark specialists ensures a full appreciation of the long-term commercial significance of brand names and their importance to your business. Add those members of the team with backgrounds in the UK Trade Marks Registry and you will see why we are ideally placed to provide sound legal advice with a commercial perspective on all matters relating to your trade marks.
The services that we offer include the following:-
- Advising on the availability for use of proposed trade marks and their registrability.
- Filing and prosecuting British, Community (European Union) and Madrid Protocol trade mark applications.
- Instructing the filing and prosecution of applications worldwide.
- Advice on infringement of registrations and actions for passing off and unfair competition. Advice on anti-counterfeiting measures.
- Filing oppositions or applying for the cancellation of registrations held by other parties.
- Help with licences and assignments of trade marks and their formal recordal.
- Advice and assistance on the trade mark implications of business acquisitions and disposals.
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For trade marks (including service marks), passing off and licensing, contact
Ian Smith in our Bristol office.