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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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23/07/2024
Overcooked, but with a slight bite – CJEU considers relevance of pre-Brexit...
Are UK trade mark rights still relevant for EU trade mark oppositions that were started before – but are appealed after – the end of the Brexit transition period? And, more importantly, should UK...
01/05/2024
Flushed and failed: General Court shuts the lid on invalidity attack against...
In­tro­duc­tion­Earli­er this year, we reported on a Belgian court ruling relating to the validity and infringement of designs for cat litter trays (read about it here). This time, in a decision which will...
29/04/2024
Design decision on ‘Sole technical function’ packs a punch – The CJEU breaks...
SummaryIn a case which has been recognised as among the most impactful European design cases of the past year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has clarified the principles of ‘sole...
25/04/2024
No two (or more) ways about it: UK Patents Court highlights the importance...
Introduction  A recent judgment from the UK Patents Court serves as a helpful reminder that clarity and consistency of visual representations are essential, when filing for design registrations.In the...
09/04/2024
Designs practice update: EU Court of Justice upholds Advocate General’s...
BackgroundIn our previous article (here), we discussed the opinion of Advocate General Capeta in EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann. That opinion was provided following an appeal against the General...
09/04/2024
The sum of parts: Registered design for segments of towers found valid...
BackgroundTA Towers ApS (“TA Towers”), a company based in Denmark, is the holder of the below registered Community design relating to goods for building materials, specifically, ‘building materials...
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...