Trade marks
The size and strength of Taylor Wessing's European trade mark group and the variety of the brands represented across all business sectors means we have outstanding experience in all aspects of trade mark law.
We have an excellent track record for successfully resolving brand disputes, from trade mark oppositions in national trade mark registries to some of the most significant and complex disputes in natiuonal Supreme Courts and the European Court of Justice for global brand owners. We have expertise in cost-effective worldwide trade mark filing, licensing and merchandising arrangements and all other transactional work relating to trade marks.
Our practice covers the following areas:
- trade mark litigation and brand protection
- trade mark filing, portfolio management and administration
- trade mark licensing and trade mark advice in the context of corporate transactions
- parallel imports and anti-counterfeiting
- domain names
- general trade mark strategy
Our practice has acted in many of the leading trade marks cases in Germany and the UK, as well as at the European Court of Justice. It consistently achieves top ratings among the leading firms specialising in this area in the Legal 500 and other national and international publications. It is unique in having a trade mark judge hearing appeals from the UK Trade Mark Registry, and also includes a Nominet panellist adjudication on UK domain name disputes.