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Protecting your brands and enforcing your rights across the world

Effective anti-counterfeiting strategy that meets your commercial requirements

Counterfeiting activity is costly and can cause severe reputational damage to your brand. The threat is on the increase in consumer and specialist sectors, especially online. Our anti-counterfeiting team can put you in the best possible position to enforce your rights against counterfeiters and protect your brands and ideas internationally.

Expertise in right protection and enforcement

Marks & Clerk has one of the world’s largest groups of professionals in IP right protection and enforcement. We have a large pool of patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, commercial lawyers and IP litigators, and will carefully select the right people for your business. IP is our sole focus, so you work with real specialists who have given countless businesses – large and small - the expert and comprehensive support they need.

Specialists

for the result you need

John Ferdinand

Partner Chartered (UK) and European Trade Mark Attorney
John has over 10 years’ experience in the trade mark profession and works with a portfolio of national and international clients on developing a strategy for their trade mark protection.

Clémence Touillier

Head of Trademarks and Designs Department French and European Trademark and Design Attorney
Clémence began her career in 1995 and has since practiced in various IP firms and within a large chemical group.
Clémence has great knowledge and experience in the cosmetics, personal care, spirits, fashion and bank areas.

Martin Gutwillinger

Senior Associate Conseil en Propriété Industrielle (Lux), European Trade Mark Attorney
Martin advises domestic and foreign clients on the development of their trade mark portfolios.

Xuefang Huang

Partner PRC Lawyer, New York Attorney
Xuefang advises on intellectual property law with a focus on all aspects of trade mark law, copyright law and related laws of PRC, including transactional work, disputes, IP due diligence, enforcement of rights, customs recordation, cybersquatting, unfair competition and litigation.

Michael Lin

Partner Ohio Attorney, US Patent Attorney
Michael graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (biochemistry), worked in a biotech laboratory in Silicon Valley, and graduated from Boston University Law School.

Dafydd Bevan

Partner Solicitor (UK)
Dafydd advises clients on the enforcement and commercialisation of intellectual property.

We have you covered

Wherever you are in the world and whichever markets you plan to move into

There are anti-counterfeiting experts in our teams in Europe (UK and EU), China and our other office locations across the world. With us, you get a direct comprehensive service across all relevant territories.

Strategic approach

Having an effective anti-counterfeiting strategy that meets your commercial requirements is vital. IAM Patent 1000 describes us as having “a laser like focus on the client’s commercial objectives”. We’ll also make sure your IP portfolio and protection are in the best position to maximise the effectiveness of the strategy.

Ongoing enforcement

We can conduct regular online and physical enforcement activity with customs and law enforcement bodies to combat any issues.

We’ll agree appropriate thresholds and guidelines for taking action in different scenarios to make decision-making as easy as possible for you.

We can work with a variety of alternative fee arrangements in order to give you the best value for your specific situation.

Latest Insights

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- 28 July 2021

Sky v SkyKick: SkyKicked into touch

The Court of Appeal finds that a broad specification is not necessarily grounds for invalidity.

On 26 July 2021, the UK Court of Appeal issued its judgment in the long-running trade mark battle between Sky and SkyKick. This has been one of the most eagerly awaited decisions for brand owners in the last few years. The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of the High Court that Sky’s trade marks were invalid on the ground of bad faith because the specifications were too broad. This is a decision that is likely to be welcomed by many brand owners but as we discuss below does potentially contribute to the issue of cluttering of the register especially in certain classes.
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- 21 July 2021

A needed boost for innovation in the UK?

Yesterday (20th July 2021), the UK government opened up its new £375 million scheme designed to drive investment in innovative UK firms.
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Insight
- 20 July 2021

© AI and IoT: Canadian Consultation

The goal of this consultation is to ensure that Canada's copyright framework for AI and IoT reflects the rapid advancements in digital technology.
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