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ITMA Charity Quiz Night

9 February, 2010

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Trade Mark Administrators' Seminar

11 February, 2010

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ITMA London Evening Meeting

16 February, 2010

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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 ...

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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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