Event videos & presentations
Earn CPD online from video recordings and presentations of our past events. We have an archive of events dating back to 2014 available to view.
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The use requirement in United States trade mark law
Tara Aaron, partner at Aaron | Sanders PLLC, Nashville, revealed common issues that occur when trying to register a trade mark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from outside the United States.
Canada's new trade mark laws
Founder of Clancy PC and Managing Attorney Lawyer, Paula Clancy, discussed how changes will bring Canada in line with three major intellectual property treaties: the Madrid Protocol, the Nice Agreement and the Singapore Agreement.
The effect of recent trade mark decisions on registration
Victoria Jones, 3PB Barristers, shared her insights and forecasts at our first Midlands lecture of the year. Victoria outlined what we can now register as a trade mark, and the specifications applied to marks.
Update on EU case law - trade marks, designs and copyright
Guy Tritton, Hogarth Chambers, gave an insightful talk on recent landmark IP cases.
GDPR and its relevance to the work of CITMA Paralegals
Maria O’Sullivan, Head of Compliance at the Keltie Group, demystified the complexities of data protection in today’s highly technological society.
Domain name disputes post-GDPR
In this one-hour lunchtime lecture, Lauren Somers discussed one of the less publicised effects of GDPR: the WHOIS blackout.
Trade marks - unfair advantage bad faith and use
Recent changes in case law have raised big questions about the advantages of a trade mark. But how do we determine advantage? When does it become unfair? And what constitutes infringement? Christopher Hall examined these changes.
New environment for trade mark protection in China
As new trade mark applications in China surge, Na (Nina) Li, Partner and Trade Mark Attorney at Co-Talent, shared her insight on Chinese trade mark law and practice, and the current situation of bad faith registration and trade mark enforcement in China.
Big lessons from Big Mac
Matthew Lingard from Walker Morris revealed the common mistakes made in the registration process. And how to avoid them.
Spring Conference 2019
Our Spring Conference tackled ‘Disruption: the world and IP’ with a diverse range of speakers from private practice in the UK and EU as well as in-house attorneys from huge names including IBM and Bayer.
Intensive Design Seminar 2019
John Coldham of Gowling WLG was the chair as an expert roster of speakers shared the latest insight into designs.