A prominent trade mark can be a company’s most valuable single asset and, unlike patents, trade mark registrations can last indefinitely.

A trade mark can act as a guarantee both of quality and the source of goods or services.

Registration of a trade mark provides the proprietor with the means to protect its brand name and prevent copying and imitation.

If an infringement of a registered trade mark is judged to have occurred it can be restrained by court order and the courts may also award damages and costs to the proprietor.

It is now possible to protect a trade mark throughout the European Union via a single registration and Internationally through a centralised prosecution process.

Our trade mark attorneys are authorised to act before the UK Trade Mark Registry, the European Community Trade Mark Office (OHIM) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

We can assist you in obtaining protection for your trade mark by

• - advising on registrability

• - obtaining clearance searches

• - devising the most appropriate filing strategy, and

• - filing and prosecuting your application through to registration in the UK and abroad

We can also ensure that the value of your mark is maximised by drafting licenses and assignments, assisting in the sale or acquisition of rights and advising and acting for you in contentious issues such as infringement, opposition, invalidity and revocation proceedings.

Our computerised records system ensures that we can advise you at any time with regard to ongoing portfolio management and that you receive advanced notice when your registrations need renewing.

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