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Tom Reid

Senior Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Tom Reid is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property department.

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Education

  • 2012 – Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law, University of Oxford, Oxford
  • 2008 – Post Graduade Diploma in Law, BPP, London
  • 2007 – Legal Practice Course, College of Law, York
  • 2004 – Economics MA, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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16/11/2015
CMS advises Viatel on the sale of its infrastructure business to Zayo Group
CMS has advised major telecoms operator Viatel on its agreement to sell its non-Irish fibre and optical wavelengths business to Zayo Group, a global provider of bandwidth infrastructure and net­work-neut­ral...
CMS advises REA Group on auction sale of its European property websites...
CMS has advised REA Group, a multinational digital advertising business specialising in property, on the auction sale of its European real estate advertising websites to Oakley Capital (as part of a management...

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12/01/2024
A new tool in the fight against online infringement
Online infringements and domain squatting are challenges often faced by businesses and tackling such issues has been made all the more difficult in a post-GDPR world where most publicly available domain...
24/04/2023
Giving your adverts the royal treatment: Part 2
Around this time in 2022, we were preparing for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and we provided some ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ for any royal-themed advertising. A year on, we look forward to a new royal...
07/03/2023
Delta Hotel Victor
Trade marks can be invalidated where they are found to be identical to an earlier mark registered for similar services and where this gives rise to a likelihood of confusion. However, applying this test...
14/10/2022
The Retained EU Legislation Bill: Part 1: What does this mean for Copyright...
In late September, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-2023 (“the Bill”) was introduced to the House of Commons. The Bill is the latest Brexit statement piece from the Government...
28/09/2022
A new Standard for use evidence?
The General Court decision in Case No. T-768/20 (Standard International Management LLC v EUIPO) addresses the important issue of the use of hotel and leisure brands in the EU, where the corresponding...
13/09/2022
CMS advises Compass Group plc on acquisition of Equinoxe Solutions
International law firm CMS has advised global food services business Compass Group plc on its acquisition of Equinoxe Solu­tions. Equi­noxe Solutions provides hospitality procurement, supply chain, systems...
17/05/2022
Giving your adverts the royal treatment
As bunting begins to appear all over the country, the UK public are looking forward to celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (or at the very least to a four-day weekend). It is therefore inevitable...
24/01/2022
Publication Order rubs Salt in Prysmian’s wounds
Orders for the dissemination of judgments in IP infringement claims are a well-known remedy and have been used in a number of prominent infringement cases in recent years. However, the use of such orders...
07/07/2020
US Supreme Court finds Booking.com mark is capable of registration
The US Supreme Court has held that the mark BOOKING.COM should not be barred from protection merely because it comprises a “generic word plus .com”. It found the mark inherently capable of registration...
19/12/2019
Cheddar luck next time for Babybel
Fromageries Bel SA (“FBSA”) was the proprietor of a UK registered trade mark (UK 2060882) (the “Mark”) for the sign shown below and registered for “cheese” in class 29: The Mark was identified...
30/09/2019
IPEC refers question on design novelty to CJEU
For many years, there has been significant uncertainty and academic disagreement regarding the circumstance under which a design will qualify for unregistered Community design (“UCD”) protection...
05/06/2019
Hospitality Matters - Spring/Summer 2019
CMS is delighted to provide you with the latest edition of Hospitality Matters, our bulletin for the hotels and leisure industry. This publication explores recent developments in the hotels and leisure...