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.
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.
Charities and trade marks
Why should charities register their brand and logos as trade marks? We asked Stephanie Crouch and Tom Albertini from intellectual property legal specialists J A Kemp to explain more.
Upcoming events
Earn CPD and network with the IP profession at our events.
Case comments
Read analysis from recent trade mark cases.
War of the whiskies
Dewdney Drew draws out the importance of detail. O/276/19, DOUGLAS OF DRUMLANRIG (Invalidity), UK IPO, 22nd May 2019.
Thalgo gets the go-ahead
Jasmine Sihre confirms that mark variations can have value. T-398/18, Pielczyk v EUIPO – Thalgo TCH, General Court, 13th June 2019.
Association negotiation
The Applicant established the necessary links, reports Eleni Mezulanik. 000027462 C, Mersen France Amiens SAS v AB Dynamoborstfabriken, EUIPO, 22nd May 2019.
Gallivant fails to bridge the gap
Laura Robyn details how a lack of compelling evidence stopped the Opponent’s advance. O/293/19, BROOKLYN (Opposition), UK IPO, 29th June 2019.
Brexit
Read the latest updates on what the UK's withdrawal from the European Union means for intellectual property.
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.
EUIPO publishes updated official communication
The EUIPO has published an updated official communication from EUIPO Executive Director Christian Archambeau on Brexit.
Further Brexit extension granted
On 10th April the EU confirmed that it had granted the UK a further extension to the Brexit process until 31st October 2019.