Trade marks, designs and brand portfolios: situations

This page lists the situation notes in trade marks, designs and brand portfolios — each one answers a specific moment when something has gone wrong or a decision is due, with the first step, who decides, and what it costs to be wrong. Pick the one that matches your position.

All situations in this practice (41)

• When a celebrity name blocks: what it costs to be wrong
• When a celebrity name blocks the filing: what to do first
• When a coexistence agreement: what it costs to be wrong
• When a coexistence agreement is proposed: what to do first
• When a colour or shape is claimed: what it costs to be wrong
• When a colour or shape is claimed by a rival: what to do first
• When a competitor claims bad faith: what to do first
• When a design is copied: what it costs to be wrong
• When a design is copied by a competitor: what to do first
• When a distributor registered your: what it costs to be wrong
• When a distributor registered your brand: what to do first
• When a domain mirrors your brand: what it costs to be wrong
• When a domain mirrors your brand: what to do first
• When a franchise partner leaves: what it costs to be wrong
• When a franchise partner leaves: what to do first
• When a group company files instead: what to do first
• When a licensee keeps using: what it costs to be wrong
• When a licensee keeps using the brand after: what to do first
• When a mark is challenged as: what it costs to be wrong
• When a mark is challenged as descriptive: what to do first
• When a marketplace listing: what it costs to be wrong
• When a marketplace listing is taken down: what to do first
• When a portfolio must be split in a demerger: what to do first
• When a rebrand collides: what it costs to be wrong
• When a rebrand collides with an earlier: what to do first
• When a similar mark is filed: what it costs to be wrong
• When a similar mark is filed in your class: what to do first
• When a trade fair seizure is threatened: what to do first
• When an assignment was never recorded: what to do first
• When an earlier unregistered sign appears: what to do first
• When an office action refuses your: what it costs to be wrong
• When an office action refuses your: what to do first
• When an opposition deadline: what it costs to be wrong
• When an opposition deadline is running: what to do first
• When customs stops counterfeit: what it costs to be wrong
• When customs stops counterfeit goods: what to do first
• When the mark has not been used: what it costs to be wrong
• When the mark has not been used for years: what to do first
• When the mark is used differently: what to do first
• When the specification is too: what it costs to be wrong
• When the specification is too narrow: what to do first

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