Luke Portnow

Trade Mark Attorney

Luke is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, European Trade Mark Attorney and European Design Attorney in the Trade Mark and Domain Names Group. He joined Boult Wade Tennant in 2009 as a legal assistant.

Luke works on national and international Trade Mark matters for a wide range of clients, from multinational companies to SMEs, individuals and charities.

Luke advises on the development, enforcement and exploitation of worldwide Trade Mark portfolios. He has a broad range of experience in Trade Mark prosecution, oppositions and settlement negotiations, the drafting of co-existence agreements, clearance searching, and the management of global Trade Mark watching services.

Luke has also held responsibility for the transfer of worldwide Trade Mark portfolios and has been involved in providing litigation support, as part of a legal team in High Court Trade Mark proceedings, for one of the firm’s major clients.

Luke also undertakes a large amount of pro bono work for a wide range of charity clients.

Recent work

Provided disclosure support in High Court Trade Mark proceedings on behalf of an automobile industry client.
Working with a leading data centre provider client on numerous oppositions and settlement negotiations regarding its trade marks.
Assisted a high-end audio manufacturer with a lengthy multijurisdictional dispute in relation to a specific Trade Mark.
Clearance searching and advice to a large financial services client in relation to a launch of new finance products.
Worldwide Trade Mark portfolio audit for a motorracing and vehicle manufacturing client for ongoing merchandising and licensing agreements and opportunities.

Publications

'boult.bites TM, Spring edition' April 2017

'boult.bites TM, Autumn edition' October 2016

‘boult.bites TM’, New Year 2018 edition, January 2018

‘boult.bites TM’, Summer edition, June 2017

'Measuring the law of passing off and get-up', February 2017

'Chambers Global Practice Guide - UK Trade Marks 2017' Contributor, January 2017

'Felicity Hide and Luke Portnow feature in ECTA magazine', November 2016

'Mexico adopting formal trade mark opposition system', August 2016

'Poland: New trade mark examination and opposition procedures', May 2016

'New EUIPO tool: protecting your products against counterfeits', April 2016

'boult.bites TM', February 2016

'Minimising the Impact of UAE Trade Mark Office Changes', August 2015

‘boult.bites TM’, January 2015

‘Adwords: Clarity out of confusion’, December 2014

‘boult.bites TM’, October 2014

'Trade Mark: UKIPO new fast track opposition procedure', October 2013

‘boult.bites TM’, July 2013

'Adwords in a nutshell', May 2013

‘Abolition of searches conducted by OHIM’, April 2013

'Alcohol: it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance', February 2013

Events

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (JIPLP) and German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)

Attendee, ITMA Summer Reception, 2014

Attendee, ITMA Evening Seminars, 2014 – 2015

Trade Mark and Domain Names

John Wallace

Partner
Head of Practice Group

Roshani Muniweera

Trade Mark Attorney

Dr. Isabel Blanco

PhD and Lawyer (Spanish Qualified)

Naomi Jenkins

Trade Mark Attorney

Anusha Arunasalam

Trade Mark Attorney

Emma Pitcher

Partner

Jo Newcombe

Paralegal

Timothy Greenwood

Trade Mark Assistant

Henry Schlaefli

Trade Mark Attorney

Katharina Rupp

Paralegal

Rachel Conroy

Partner

Jessica Gräfe

Paralegal

Angharad Rolfe Johnson

Trade Mark Attorney

Catherine Wolfe

Partner

Gillian Farmer

Trade Mark Assistant

Anousha Vasantha

Trade Mark Assistant

Álvaro Cabeza

Principal and Partner, Boult Wade, S.L.

Tony Pluckrose

Partner

Emily Scott

Trade Mark Attorney

Hannah Cramp

Trade Mark Assistant

Jessica Guest

Trade Mark Assistant

Donna Trysburg

Trade Mark Attorney

Connor Thorogood

Trade Mark Attorney

Alexander Stolz

German Solicitor

Felicity Hide

Partner

Daniela Paull

Trade Mark Attorney

Ai Ling Lim-Lee

Trade Mark Attorney

Natalie Barnard

Paralegal

Michael C. Maier, LL.M.

Partner

Henning Erb

Partner

Francisco (Xisco) Ferrer Garcia

Lawyer (Spanish Qualified)

Janne Flemming

Paralegal

Georgia Stoneham

Paralegal

Contact me

Phone this number +44 (0)20 7430 7500

Email this address lportnow@boult.com

My location

Salisbury Square House
8 Salisbury Square
London
EC4Y 8AP

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Sectors and practice areas

Sectors

Automobile and motor racing
Banking and financial services
Computer gaming and software
Cosmetics
Hair and beauty services
Leisure and hospitality
Oil and gas
Software and technology

Practice areas

Clearance
Filing and prosecution
Opposition and disputes
Registered designs

Memberships

CITMA: Member of Education Committee

Qualifications

European Trade Mark Attorney
Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice, Nottingham Law School
Postgraduate Certificate Trade Mark Law and Practice, Queen Mary University of London
LLB (Hons) Law and Politics, Osgoode Law School, Toronto and Keele University

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