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6 specialist practice areas in Trade Marks

Our trade mark lawyers are experts in the UK, EU and beyond

We have the largest trade mark team in the UK. The team is made up of solicitors, trade mark attorneys, specialist trade mark paralegals and a dedicated records team. Our trade mark team sits within a full service Intellectual Property team advising on all aspects of IP protection and enforcement. 

Our trade mark lawyers can advise you on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters

We offer the breadth and depth of expertise of a boutique firm or trade mark attorney practice within a global law firm. Our lawyers advise on a range of trade mark legal services including:

  • Advising on the full life cycle of brand protection from clearance and filing strategies through prosecution to registration and renewals.
  • Managing global portfolios including licence and assignment recordal programmes flowing from transactions and group restructuring and related licensing, franchising and regulatory issues.
  • Policing and enforcing brands in opposition, invalidity and revocation proceedings.

Our lawyers are ranked in the following legal directories for trade mark work:

  • Tier 1, Legal 500 UK, Trade Marks, Copyright & Design 2022-2024
  • Gold Tier Firm: Solicitors – World Trademark Review 1000, United Kingdom: England 2021 - 2024
  • Tier 1 Copyright & related rights United Kingdom: England – IP Stars 2021 – 2024
  • Tier 1 Trade mark disputes - law firms United Kingdom: England – IP Stars 2021 - 2024
  • Tier 1 Trade mark prosecution - law firms United Kingdom: England – IP Stars 2021 - 2024
  • Tier 2 PATMA: Trade Mark Attorneys – TMT, United Kingdom - Solicitors, London Legal 500: 2022 - 2024

View our Trade Marks team

Recognition

Key figures

46,000+
Trade mark applications and registrations
570+
Oppositions filed in 2023
2,800+
Trade marks renewed in 2023
9
Trade Mark Partners in the UK
30
Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys, Solicitors & Lawyers
15+
Trade Mark Trainees, Paralegals & Managers
Awards & Recognitions
01
  • Quote
    “It is always a flawless experience working with CMS – the trademark team are dedicated, professional and responsive, with excellent expertise, market insight and a track record of success which meets the wider needs of their clients.”
    WTR 1000, 2024

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