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What's in a name? - Find out at Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury Park on Wednesday 10th February 2010
3 February, 2010
What's in a name? - Find out in Ipswich on Thursday 4th February 2010
12 January, 2010
New IP Regulator to go live on 1 January 2010
4 January, 2010
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9 February, 2010
Trade Mark Administrators' Seminar
11 February, 2010
ITMA London Evening Meeting
16 February, 2010
How to…
I had a trade mark - do I need to register it?
Yes, if you want to protect your mark and your right and your ability to use it. First of all you need to check that no one else has already registered it or is using one that is confusingly ...
What is…
Litigation rights
The right to bring or contest a lawsuit.
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys is authorised to grant litigation rights, in the Patents County Court and the High Court, to suitably qualified members of the Institute. Rights can be granted to Fellows or Ordinary Members of ITMA who are also registered trade mark attorneys. In order to be granted litigator's rights, members must:
- be a solicitor; or
- in the absence of prior experience, take a litigation course validated by ITMA and obtain six months' subsequent experience under appropriate supervision; or
- for a transitional period only, have been an RTMA for at least three years; and either:
- have extensive experience of litigation; or
- have relevant experience and attend a Litigation Crash Course validated by the ITMA Litigators' Accreditation Board (LAB).
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