In the business environment, your trade mark is your identity and reflects your commercial reputation. It is therefore essential to choose a suitable trade mark, protect the trade mark through registration and enforce the registration to prevent any unauthorized use by competitors (See: What is a trade mark.) Our trade mark department has extensive experience in all aspects of trade mark protection and enforcement. In particular, we can:
- Advise on choosing a trade mark that is qualified for registration
- Conduct pre-filing searches for conflicting rights
- Prepare and file trade mark applications
- Prosecute trade mark applications and deal with official objections
- Contest third party oppositions
- Maintain and renew trade mark registrations
- Manage trade mark portfolios
- Undertake a watching service for potentially conflicting trade marks
- Advise on licensing and assignment of trade mark rights
- Draft licence and assignment documents
- Enforce trade mark registrations to prevent the use of conflicting trade marks by competitors
- Register domain names and renew domain name registrations.