User's Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off

Nicholas Caddick KC, Ben Longstaff and Jamie Muir Wood are all members of Hogarth Chambers, a set with a strong reputation in the field of intellectual property law.Charlotte Duly specialises in the protection, maintenance and enforcement of trade marks, including brand clearance, along with domain name issues and the protection of designs.

Now in its fifth edition, this has become a loyal companion and has been informing users since I was a young lad.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 What is a trade mark?Chapter 3 Other kinds of mark—collective and certification marks, and protected descriptionsChapter 4 Absolute grounds for refusalChapter 5 Relative grounds for refusal of registration; trade mark functions; honest concurrent useChapter 6 ClassificationChapter 7 UK procedure for the registration of a trade markChapter 8 Application procedure before EUIPOChapter 9 International conventions—the Madrid SystemChapter 10 RepresentationChapter 11 InvalidityChapter 12 RevocationChapter 13 Ownership of and dealings with trade marksChapter 14 Infringement and parties to infringement actionsChapter 15 Defences, disclaimers and limitationsChapter 16 Comparative and misleading advertising, and malicious falsehoodChapter 17 RemediesChapter 18 Groundless threatsChapter 19 Criminal offencesChapter 20 Passing offChapter 21 Olympic symbolsAppendicesAppendix 1 Trade Marks Act 1994 Appendix 2 Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (codification)Appendix 3 Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks