UK Trade Marks - Recent Decisions & Developments

Introduction

Trade mark law is becoming ever more complex and keeping abreast of the latest developments in case law is essential for busy practitioners.

This new virtual classroom seminar will guide you through carefully chosen recent UK trade mark case law and how these have impacted on general practice, as well as the latest tribunal practice notices to ensure your knowledge is up to date.

The cases will cover updates to likelihood of confusion, reputation and genuine use of a trade mark, as well as specification coverage and rectification of assignments.

The session will also include a brief update on Brexit and whether this has changed UK trade mark law.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• Review of recent UK trade mark cases including:
• Skykick and its potential impact on specifications and bad faith
• Nestle v Cadbury - how to deal with descriptions for colour applications
• Match v Muzmatch
• Review of recent tribunal practice notices, specifically relating to UK designations of international applications
• Update on Brexit and its changes to UK trade mark practice

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.