Robert Cumming

Partner, Appleyard Lee

Robert is a UK and European Registered Trade Mark Attorney and intellectual property solicitor with extensive litigation experience. He has worked with a broad range of international and domestic brands in the fashion, beauty, e-commerce and music industries in relation to the registration, exploitation and enforcement of their intellectual property rights before the trade mark registries and the courts.

His team was awarded the World IP Leaders Award: Winner of Private Practice Trademark Excellence/Litigation in 2009 and was shortlisted for the Intellectual Property Magazine Awards: Private Practice of the Year (International) in 2010.

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If a company proposes to launch a new product in Japan through a Japanese subsidiary and then to launch in other countries via other subsidiaries, can the parent company file the trade mark in Japan and then utilise the benefit of the Madrid Protocol? Would the Paris Convention provide better flexibility? What is the best solution to ensure that ownership remains with the parent company throughout the process?

If a company proposes to launch a new product in Japan through a Japanese subsidiary and then to launch in other countries via other subsidiaries, can the parent company file the trade mark in Japan and then utilise the benefit of the Madrid Protocol? Would the Paris Convention provide better flexibility? What is the best solution to ensure that ownership remains with the parent company throughout the process?

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What are the key practical issues for a business to consider when exploiting its intellectual property rights?

What are the key practical issues for a business to consider when exploiting its intellectual property rights?

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What fees are payable in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in relation to key stages of proceedings?

What fees are payable in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in relation to key stages of proceedings?

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When making a trade mark application, do you usually need to include class 16 to cover use of the mark on promotional leaflets etc?

When making a trade mark application, do you usually need to include class 16 to cover use of the mark on promotional leaflets etc?

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Practice Area

IP

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Qualified Year

2007

Qualifications

Solicitor, England & Wales (2007)
European and UK registered Trade Mark Attorney (2012)
Trade Mark Litigator (2012)

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