Welcome to CITMA
Founded in 1934, chartered in 2016, The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) is a professional membership organisation with the power to shape law and practice - nationally and internationally. Find out more
What is a trade mark?
Let our experts help you get to grips with trade marks and other intellectual property rights.
Find out how a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney will help you to navigate intellectual property law.
What is a trade mark?
Trade marks are valuable business assets - what are they and how can you get one?
Getting a trade mark
How can you get a trade mark - we take you through the process step-by-step.
Find a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
Use our directory to find intellectual property legal experts.
CITMA blog
Read fascinating and entertaining insight into intellectual property.
Protecting the Rugby World Cup brand
As Rugby World Cup reaches an exciting conclusion, the winner on the field will be crowned – but how do brands win off the field and how do trade marks help.
The battle for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency brands
Radical. Unstable. Unpredictable. Electronic currencies, or crypto, have made a big splash – but who is fighting to own the names to some of the best known, like Bitcoin?
What is a certification trade mark?
What do film classification logos, the ‘Red Tractor’ logo, ‘Parma Ham’ logo and ‘ATOL Protected’ logo all have in common? They are a different type of trade mark that tells you a product meets certain standards.
Adidas loses its stripes
This week, one of Adidas’s three stripes trade marks was declared invalid by the European General Court – as Chartered Trade Mark Attorney Graeme Murray explains.
Upcoming events
Earn CPD and network with the IP profession at our events.
Case comments
Read analysis from recent trade mark cases.
#darferdas? drives new discussion on hashtag distinctiveness
There may be good news for hashtags when it comes to proving genuine use of a trade mark.
UK IPO finds some cause for indirect confusion in Jammin CBD
Looking for a masterclass in the case law on confusion and evidence?
A dose of reality
Lizzie Sergeant summarises the circumstances that saw a celebrity lose out. O/345/19, FERNE BEAUTY (Invalidity), UK IPO, 19th June 2019.
Rock on?
This wasn’t the case for the Applicant, explains Louise Foster. O/363/19, ROCK CITY (Opposition), UK IPO, 1st July 2019.
Brexit
Read the latest updates on what the UK's withdrawal from the European Union means for intellectual property.
Possible ‘No-Deal’ Brexit: Implications on International Applications and Registrations
WIPO has published information about how users rights would be preserved – and how to safeguard those rights – in a no deal scenario.
New no-deal Brexit guidance on trade marks
The UK Government has published new guidance on trade marks if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Our response to a new Prime Minister
Following the announcement that Boris Johnson will be the new Prime Minister we have issued the following statement.
Brexit and designs quick reference guide
We have published a quick reference guide to registered and unregistered EU designs post-Brexit.