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Kaisa Patsalides

Senior Associate

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

Kaisa Patsalides is a Senior Associate in CMS’ Intellectual Property team in London and leads its dedicated Designs practice. Kaisa has 13 years' experience across all types of soft IP, with a focus on brand protection, trade mark and design portfolio management and enforcement, brand and product clearance, advertising and marketing, commercial IP transactions and IP licensing. She has particular expertise in coordinating IP enforcement strategies and negotiating settlements. She is also highly experienced in complex transactional IP work and regularly advises on major international licensing deals. Kaisa advises clients across a variety of sectors with a focus on consumer products, fashion, luxury goods, technology and media.

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Education

2012 – Diploma in Intellectual Property Law (with Distinction), Oxford University

2007 – LPC (with Distinction), The College of Law, York

2006 – LLB (Hons), Durham University

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14/03/2024
“Pre-branded” spare parts: CJEU has its say in Audi trade mark case
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given its ruling following a referral from the Regional Court of Warsaw, in a trade mark infringement claim brought by Audi (Audi AG v GQ, Case C-334/22)...
13/03/2024
Not Frying So High: EU General Court Rejects “MYBACON” Trade Mark Appeal
In­tro­duc­tion Food company Myforest Foods Co. sought to register the trade mark “MYBACON” for its plant-based food product. Both the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the EUIPO’s...
12/03/2024
To milk or not to milk - Oatly wins appeal against invalidity of its ‘POST...
IntroductionThe High Court recently allowed an appeal by Oatly against a decision of the Intellectual Property Office ("IPO”) which had found the trade mark ‘POST MILK GENERATION’ to be invalid...
05/03/2024
Gin-spiration: The latest lessons from M&S vs Aldi - the appeal
BackgroundA year ago, we commented on IPEC’s ruling on the gin bottle design dispute between Marks & Spencer and Aldi in which Judge Hacon found that the similarities between the bottles were significant...
01/03/2024
The building blocks of Lego’s registered Community design remain strong
In a decision likely to be appreciated by design rights holders, the General Court of the European Union (“GC”) confirmed the Lego toy brick’s status as a registered Community design (“RCD”)...
05/02/2024
A messy affair – IP law meets a cat litter tray in Belgian design court...
Introduction In recent weeks, the CMS Design team has been delving into pan-EU enforcement of Community design rights, as well as the scope of copyright “ori­gin­al­ity” under EU law. In a timely development...
27/11/2023
EU Designs Reform, One Year On: EU Parliament announce Final Form of the...
On 7 November 2023, the EU Parliament published the final form of the updated EU Designs legislation. The new legislation, which takes form through a new Regulation and new Directive, are the Par­lia­ment’s...
22/11/2023
Another grilling: General Court goes against HALLOUMI and strikes down...
IntroductionTwo years ago, we commented on the difficulties that Cypriot cheesemakers faced when attempting to oppose the registration of a figurative mark containing the word BBQLOUMI, relying on EU...
06/11/2023
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09/10/2023
All shapes and sizes – ‘Elvie’ breast pump registered designs not infringed...
The High Court has handed down its judgment in a speedy trial in the case of Chiaro Technology Limited v Mayborn (UK) Limited. The court held that the defendant’s in-bra wearable breast pump did not...
28/06/2023
CMS Intellectual Property Webinar Series 2023
The CMS Intellectual Property team are pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar series, taking place from February to July 2023. The series will span the full scope of CMS’s IP practice, including...
28/06/2023
Registered Designs (UK)
Find out what can be registered as a design and what the benefits are of doing so. We talk you through the process of design registration in the UK and some of the common challenges you may face.