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Your brand is probably your most important asset. In the Trade Mark and Domain Names Group, we make protecting, enforcing and enhancing your IP rights our business. We advise on a national and international basis, representing a wide variety of businesses from start-ups to multinational corporations. We have gained valuable commercial experience in a wide range of sectors and industries, so whichever sphere you operate in, we can offer insight and add value. Not only are we experienced advisers, we are also commercially sensitive to what is happening in the market and pride ourselves on being ahead of the game. We are active and vocal members of a variety of industry bodies, such as International Trade Mark Association (INTA), The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) and Marques.
We cover a broad range of sectors, including:
- Charity and voluntary sector
- Computer software
- Energy
- Engineering and heavy industry
- Entertainment, TV and media
- Fashion
- Financial services and banking
- Food and drink
- Governments
- Health and leisure
- Insurance
- New technologies
- Retail
- Sport
- Testing
- Travel
Our clients are drawn from a wide range of industries. They trust us with one of their biggest assets; their brand, and we provide world-class service, imaginative solutions and timely responses.
MEET THE Trade Mark and Domain Names TEAM
John Wallace
Head of Practice Group
Emily Scott
Angharad Rolfe Johnson
Donna Trysburg
Henry Schlaefli
Lisa Ormrod
Luke Portnow
Rachel Conroy
Emma Pitcher
Dafydd Roberts-Harry
Tony Pluckrose
Clare Grimley
Charlotte Duly
Peter Vaughan
Catherine Wolfe
Daniela Paull
Roshani Muniweera
Anusha Arunasalam
Felicity Hide
Alessio Brotto
Ai Ling Lim-Lee
Lana Yahya
Connor Thorogood
- Successfully acted for foreign Government in an EUIPO challenge over the non-use of a famous brand.
- Represented the largest hair salon chain in the world, reversing a decision made by the Brazilian PTO and gaining the client important protection against third parties trying to pass themselves off as the brand.
- Acted for a market leading manufacturer of road-building machines, overcoming objections to the client’s UK application for a 3D device mark and providing it with persuasive evidence for submissions in other territories.
- Successfully recovered a key domain name for an online seller of vehicle parts, after it was discovered being used to direct people to their competitors.
- Assisted a well-known producer of alcoholic beverages in its successful opposition against an application filed by a company in the same field, resulting in the protection of an important brand.
Ranked top tier for Trade Mark ProsecutionManaging Intellectual Property IP Stars Handbook, 2016
"They have very good technical skills and are responsive."Chambers and Partners, 2017
"It thinks about things strategically and finds solutions that are creative, but sensible and practical, too.”WTR 1000, 2017
Nestlé’s struggle to catch a break
The latest decision in Nestlé’s pursuit to register the shape of its four fingered chocolate bar as a trade mark
Charlotte Duly
Partner
UK designs – first appeal to...
Appointed Person appeals are likely to prove popular – especially for less complex cases.
Neil Thomson
Partner
boult.bites TM – Summer 2017
In this edition of Boult. bites, we look back INTA 2017; we look at what constitutes ‘similar and/or complementary good and services’; we advise on maintaining trade mark rights in the EU, and finally highlight an often overlooked ground of revocation that trade mark owners should be aware of.
John Wallace
Managing Partner