Latest news
April Parker: Your new Student Rep
We are delighted to welcome April Parker into the role of Student Representative, following her recent selection.
Law and practice snippets: April 2024
This month’s practice points from our Law and Practice Committee, including an update on tribunal timescales at the UK IPO and new regulations on GIs from the EUIPO.
New CITMA President elected
Kelly Saliger has been elected as President of The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and will make education one of her top priorities.
CITMA Council election results 2024
Congratulations to the members who have been elected to sit on our governing Council following recent elections.
Brexit
UK IPO updates address for service guidance
Ahead of the upcoming changes to address for service rules for comparable trade marks and re-registered designs, the UK IPO has published updated guidance on the requirements.
UK government announces no action on exhaustion
The government needs more time to explore the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property (IP) regime meaning there will be no imminent change, it has announced.
Deadline looms for pending EU rights
Earlier UK filing dates for some 70,000 trade marks are still eligible to claimed with the deadline just six weeks away.
UK IPO's warning about priority filings
Just ten weeks remain until the filing deadline for UK priority applications based on rights that were pending at the EUIPO on 1st January 2021.
Features
The Smiley Company offers a case study on how to raise IP awareness with a simple brand
Kelly Saliger draws on the history of the Smiley Company to demonstrate how brand protection and licensing are integral to brand monetisation using a simple case study to raise awareness of intellectual property.
CITMA Paralegal Representative Review: 2023
With 2024 well underway, newly re-elected CITMA Paralegal Representative Kane Ridley looks back on a packed year.
“Use it or lose it”: filing declarations of use with the USPTO
What do best practices and considerations for trade mark maintenance in the US entail?
Spring Conference 2024: Sessions roundup
We brought great minds from across our profession together to discuss and investigate the role of AI and technology in the future of intellectual property practice.
CITMA Review features:
Keeping the peace
Carol Nyahasha explains the core principles behind brand co-existence
Letter from IP inclusive: Allyship: what, who and when?
Andrea Brewster returns to a subject that will stay top of the agenda.
Insider February 2024
CITMA news and updates.
Reverse thinking
A fresh approach to mentoring can be a step forward for your firm, suggests Rachael O’Connor.
Case comments
Omega’s missing link
Not all evidence showed sufficient connection, writes Tim Greenwood.
The party’s over
David Birchall reports on how a business that began proceedings ended up losing its own rights.
Predator in parts
Amelia Skelding explains the weaknesses in the Opponent’s attack.
Anno horribilis
Robert Franks reflects on a bad outcome for the Applicant.