CIPIL Intellectual Property Seminar: "What makes a trade mark inherently distinctive?"

Speaker: Julius Stobbs (Stobbs IP)

Locations: B16

Trade mark expert Julius Stobbs reviews the conditions for establishing that a mark is distinctive and how this impacts on registration and scope of protection. Come along to find out more about when a mark is "weak" or "limping", and how it can convey useful meaning without being descriptive.

Prior to founding Stobbs, Julius was Head of Trade Marks at Ipulse. He was also a Partner at a major European firm for seven years. He has extensive experience in contentious trade mark proceedings. In the UK his experience includes many appearances before the Appointed Person, and he is the most often heard trade mark attorney in inter partes proceedings at the UK Intellectual Property Office. He also has experience of proceedings before the UK High Court and the Patents County Court. Julius also has vast experience of dealing with oppositions, cancellations and appeals before OHIM and of further appeals to the General Court and the European Court of Justice.

A sandwich lunch will be provided.