Francesca Hughes is set to guide you through filing oppositions in the UK and EU, equipping you with the skill and experience to get it consistently right.
In this post Brexit environment, we will cover the changes to the opposition process both in the UK and EU.
By attending this webinar, you will understand the strategic considerations when choosing which registered rights and which goods and services to rely on in an opposition.
Francesca will highlight the importance of well-thought-out grounds for opposition and rights relied on from early on in the process.
We will go on to cover the use of cooling off periods and other forms of suspension to proceedings as a means to facilitate a settlement and save significant costs.
Learning outcomes:
- A commercial and strategic perspective on trade mark oppositions and their role within a client’s broader portfolio management.
- Gain insight on common approaches to oppositions taken by clients.
This webinar supports skill set 11: contentious matters of the CITMA Paralegal competency framework.
Meet your speaker:
Francesca Hughes, Associate, Hogan Lovells International LLP
As part of Hogan Lovells’ London brands team, Francesca advises clients across a range of business sectors on all aspects of their brand strategy including the protection, exploitation and enforcement of their intellectual property rights.
Francesca acts for clients in both contentious and commercial IP matters. Her key areas of focus are trade marks and brand strategy, with a particular interest in IP issues relating to e-commerce and intermediary service providers. She has acted on intellectual property disputes in the High Court and on various trade mark proceedings before the UK IPO.
Thank you to our CITMA Paralegal webinars sponsor:
