Claire Keating
Principal
Europe
Birmingham
Claire joined Marks & Clerk in 2018, having joined the Intellectual Property industry in 2005. She completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary, University of London, before qualifying as a Trade Mark Attorney in 2013.
She is an active member of Marks & Clerk’s national Financial Services Leadership Team, and also the Food and Drinks Sector Group. Her practice covers a wide spread of sectors including food and drink, apparel, retail, MedTech, financial services and manufacturing, and she has extensive experience in the strategic planning of Trade Mark filing projects, assignments, and other recordals, as well as contentious actions and related negotiations.
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Qualifications
Registered and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney (UK)
BSc
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Latest articles by Claire Keating
Brick and Mortar to FinTech: How trade mark filing statistics reflect changes in the financial services field
Over the past decade, consumer banking habits have increasingly shifted towards online banking and away from brick and mortar branch-based services. As a result, high street banks have been closing local branches in droves, with the likes of HSBC and NatWest announcing the closure of over 100 high street branches in 2023 alone.
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Restrictions on the promotion of HFSS products and its branding implications
The UK government introduced new legislation restricting the promotion of food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) in December 2020.
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Regulation and trade mark protection for CBD novel foods: has it gone to pot?
It remains to be seen whether the UK Trade Mark Registry will adopt stricter examination practices for CBD-containing food and drink products going forward, and whether future trade mark applications may require authorisation of the product by the UK’s FSA as a prerequisite to acceptance.
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