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.

Link to our Trademark Attorneys