News archive: 2006

ITMA, the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, applauds the Gower Review proposal to change the name of the UK Patent Office to the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO).

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

Two professional legal representatives bodies yesterday welcomed a powerful call for changes to the draft Legal Services Bill. The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) and the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) have supported the recommendations made in the report from the Joint Committee who were charged with scrutinising the draft Bill.

Trade mark and patent attorneys are delighted to see that they are a step closer to being eligible to apply for some judicial roles under the terms of the draft Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

French Connection has successfully defended its registration of the trade mark FCUK on its range of branded products which last year had retail sales of over £60 million.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

In its evidence to the Gower Review on Intellectual Property, the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) expresses concern that some sectors of British business appear to make less use of trade mark registration than their foreign counterparts and proposes an alternative form of “lite” trade mark registration to sit alongside the current registration system.

If you have ever wondered what trade marks mean in the business world, you will soon have a chance to find out.

Philip Harris, the newly-elected President of ITMA, the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, says he aims to enhance the trade mark profession’s responsiveness to consumers’ needs in his two year tenure as President.

The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) and the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) have combined forces to welcome the opening of a new Business and Intellectual Property Centre at the British Library.

The two Institutes said they were in broad agreement with many of its proposals, subject to several important concerns outlined below.