Roland Mallinson

Prix à l'honneur

Legal 500 UK 2024

Key Lawyer – Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design

Roland is the head of our Brands practice in the UK and co-heads the international trade mark group. For over 30 years, he's advised major international brand and technology owners on their IP rights.

Clients describe Roland as a tactically smart, solutions-focused, and commercially-minded. He's responsible for protecting the name, logos, shapes, colours and packaging for numerous household name brands in a wide range of sectors. These include food and beverage, FMCG, fashion, luxury goods, tech, financial services, auto industry and travel.

Roland advises on the full range of contentious and non-contentious "soft" IP matters, including: trade mark, designs and copyright disputes and litigation, lookalikes, anti-counterfeiting, domain name and content infringements, trade mark clearance, prosecution, oppositions and strategic portfolio advice, comparative advertising, and all types of commercial transactions involving these rights.

He's led first instance and appeal cases in the English courts, the UKIPO, the EUIPO and CJEU and taken part in a number of successful mediations, and regularly coordinates crossborder IP litigation in the EU.

Outside of private practice, Roland sits on the Executive Board of MARQUES (the European brand owners' association), the Parallel Import Committee of INTA, the Law Society's IP Law Committee, the UKIPO's Marks & Designs Forum and the EUIPO's SQAP judicial quality audit panel. He is a facilitator on the Oxford University IP diploma course.

Roland comments on IP related matters of national interest with media outlets including the BBC.

CV

Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2001 - 2006 Partner and Head of Trade Marks, Linklaters

2000 - 2001 Managing Associate, Linklater (Paris)

Carrière

Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2001 - 2006 Partner and Head of Trade Marks, Linklaters

2000 - 2001 Managing Associate, Linklater (Paris)

Formation

1995 Diploma, Intellectual Property Law, University of Bristol

1994 Admitted to the Bar, England and Wales

1992 Law Society Finals, College of Law, London

Publications

Brexit is coming, a brand owner's checklist, Lexology, October 2020

Major advance on Brexit and pan-EU intellectual property rights , Practical Law, March 2018

The Implications of Brexit for Trade Mark Proprietors and Trade Mark Practitioners, GRUR Newsletter, January 2018

Kit Kat Shape Mark: Has The EU General Court Pre-Judged The UK Court Of Appeal? Lexology, February 2017

Colour combinations: getting back to WYSIWYG, Managing IP, October 2016

Of Purple Haze and Scrabble Plays: appeal court says "no" to fuzzy trade mark descriptions, IPKat blog, 6 October 2013

Protection of design classics and iconic 3D shapes in English courts, Intellectual Property Magazine May, 2016

PLC Updated Practice Note - Intellectual property issues relating to employees and consultants, LexisPSL Practice Notes on (1) Trade mark litigation in the High Court, (2) Madrid International Trade Mark System, (3) Parallel Imports, (4) Overview of the Community Trade Mark System, and (5) Anti-Counterfeiting and Customs Procedures in the UK, June 2017

Intellectual property issues relating to employees and consultants, PLC Updated Practice Note

Trade mark litigation in the High Court, LexisPSL Practice Note

Madrid International Trade Mark System, LexisPSL Practice Note

Parallel Imports, LexisPSL, Practice Note

Overview of the Community Trade Mark System, LexisPSL Practice Note

Anti-Counterfeiting and Customs Procedures in the UK, LexisPSL Practice Note

Tablet teachings: learning points from the latest Apple v Samsung decisions, World Trademark Review, 1 March 2013

Distinguish IP myths from reality, Managing IP, August 2010

Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index, Editor

Groupes & Associations

Executive Committee and Governing Council of MARQUES
International Trade Mark Association
Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Law Society's Intellectual Property Law Committee
Consultant on intellectual property matters at the Warner Textile Archive

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Prix et distinctions

Legal 500 UK 2024

Featured

Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars 2024

Who's Who Legal 2024

Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Experience

Trade mark portfolio management

Managing the worldwide trade mark portfolio for a leading Scotch whisky and spirits company, including brand and advertising clearance, IP protection for new product development and handling enforcement and other brand-related disputes.

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Actualités et publications récentes

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Droit des marques et publicité

Why lookalike cases in the UK are not a lost cause despite Thatcher's Cider v Aldi

27 mars 2024

par Roland Mallinson

Droit des marques et publicité

New EU law could limit distinctive packaging

Louise Popple, Elena Glengarry and Roland Mallinson look at the potential impact of the EU's proposed packaging legislation on 3D shape trade mark rights.

1 février 2024

In-depth analysis

par plusieurs auteurs

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Emirats Arabes Unis

Establishing new IP capability in MENA with our latest partner appointment in Dubai

6 juillet 2023

par Ronald Graham et Roland Mallinson

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Roland Mallinson

Legal 500 UK 2024

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Services et Groupes

Secteurs

CV

Carrière

Formation

Publications

Groupes & Associations

Langues étrangères

Prix et distinctions

Legal 500 UK 2024

Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars 2024

Who's Who Legal 2024

Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Experience

Trade mark portfolio management

Actualités et publications récentes

Why lookalike cases in the UK are not a lost cause despite Thatcher's Cider v Aldi

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Roland Mallinson

Legal 500 UK 2024

Expertise

Services et Groupes

Secteurs

CV

Carrière

Formation

Publications

Groupes & Associations

Langues étrangères

Prix et distinctions

Legal 500 UK 2024

Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars 2024

Who's Who Legal 2024

Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Experience

Trade mark portfolio management

Actualités et publications récentes

Why lookalike cases in the UK are not a lost cause despite Thatcher's Cider v Aldi

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