Intellectual Property and Competition Law Webinars

Our Intellectual Property barristers, Michael Edenborough QC and Stephanie Wickenden, together with EU and Competition Law expert, Professor Suzanne Rab, are delivering a series of bespoke webinars titled  ‘The impact of Brexit on registered TMs & Designs‘ and ‘Competition Law and Settlement’. The programme consists of 2 sessions which can be arranged on different dates and times. 

 The topics include:

• What has changed with TM oppositions
•  Proof of use in the UK and EU
• Challenging the validity of EU TMs and UK clone marks following Brexit
• Considerations for the protection designs
• Ongoing pan-EU litigation
• Trade marks and competition law challenges
• Settlement and co-existence agreements

We offer a broad range of Intellectual Property topics, including: 

• ‘Look-a-likes’ (both sides of the debate)
• Securing Jurisdiction over Foreign Defendants
• Unusual Trade Marks (e.g. a bottle in the shape of a human skull)
• The Perils of Goodwill
• Erasure levels for confidential information destruction
• The Dangers of Settlement Agreements
• Estoppel issues in invalidity proceedings
• Honest Concurrent Use
• Targeting and revocation: proving use in the jurisdiction
• Breach of Confidence (including employee inventions and post-termination delivery-up clauses)
• Open Source Software: Infringement Proceedings 
• Ownership Issues
• Remedies: recent case-law update
• Deletion of Documents
• Co-existence agreements
• IP and Competition Law

Please get in touch with our Business Development Manager, Charlotte Davidson, if you would like to arrange a bespoke remote session with your team. 

We look forward to hearing from you.