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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. 
 

Key figures

36,500

Trade mark applications 
and registrations
 

500+

Oppositions filed 
in 2021
 

4,000

Trade marks 
renewed in 2021
 

9

Trade Mark 
Partners in the UK

30

Chartered Trade Mark 
Attorneys, Solicitors & Lawyers

15+

Trade Mark Trainees, 
Paralegals & Managers

 

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, Copyright & Related Rights, IP Stars 2020
  • Tier 1, Trade Mark Contentious – Law Firms, IP Stars 2021
  • Tier 1, Trade Mark Prosecution – Law Firms, IP Stars 2021
  • Gold Ranked WTR 1000 2021
  • Tier 1, Legal 500 UK, Trade Marks, Copyright & Design 2021
  • Tier 2, Legal 500 UK, PATMA: Trade Mark Attorney 2021 
     

View our Trade Marks team

Recognition

“CMS’s London trademark practice is a rarity among law firms these days – a full service, platinum-plated trademark offering of spectacular quality”

Gold Ranked in WTR1000

Winner - UK Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year (Law Firms)

Managing IP Awards 2022

“CMS’s London trademark practice is a rarity among law firms these days – a full service, platinum-plated trademark offering of spectacular quality”

Gold Ranked in WTR1000

Winner - UK Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year (Law Firms)

Managing IP Awards 2022

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Our Trade Mark team can assist with national, EU and international renewals. We regularly advise clients on renewal strategies and audits to ensure th
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