As June’s EU Referendum is everywhere, I thought it would be useful to take a look at one of the great benefits that UK businesses have as a result of their membership of the EU, namely the Community Trade Mark (“CTM”). [...]
One of the biggest tasks involved in filing a trade mark application is correctly drafting the list of goods and services, namely the “specification”. Now this may sound simple, but this part of the process is critical. The fact is that [...]
Do trade marks stifle innovation? IP rights designed to motivate the creation of new innovative products by awarding a monopoly, are increasingly criticized for having the opposite effect of that intended. This article argues that trade marks are still highly valuable [...]
A CTM fee increase is coming. In 1996 the Community Trade Mark came into being, providing business owners with a trade mark which covered the entire European Union with one single application. It was nothing short of revolutionary, and I [...]
