Partner and Head of Trade Marks Claire Breheny has been featured in ‘UK IPO still grappling with surge of trademark filings from front companies’ in MLex.
The article discusses how applications from China played a significant role in another record year for trade mark filings at the UK IPO, many of which are submitted via front companies, which has prompted concern following prior worries in 2023 regarding applications from unregulated representatives.
Claire provided commentary on this jump in trade mark filings, stating that the IPO is struggling to stay on top of them, and shared how the aftermath of filings by unregulated representatives usually unfolds.
Read the article in full here.
