Fieldfisher

Intellectual Property

Partner, Head of the Intellectual Property Group at Fieldfisher

Hastings is head of the Intellectual Property group at Fieldfisher and specialise in trade mark and design law.

Hastings co-ordinates multi-jurisdictional trade mark clearance and protection projects in order to support businesses undertaking global brand launches or rebrands. He also acts in trade mark and passing off disputes, often leading global co-existence negotiations. Where formal proceedings are necessary, he regularly appear as an advocate before the UK Intellectual Property Office and also represent parties before the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

Hastings has worked with multinational brand owners in a wide range of fields including technology, life sciences, consumer goods and the services sectors.

Hastings is qualified as a solicitor both in England & Wales and in the Republic of Ireland, as well as being a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney.

Representative Matters

Representing a well-known consumer electronics business in settlement negotiations that successfully avoided high-risk, high-exposure trade mark infringement litigation Advising a global professional services business on a proposed rebranding, including co-ordinating clearance and risk advice for multiple potential names in over seventy jurisdictions Acting for one of the world's most exclusive automobile brands in relation to global trade mark portfolio management and global dispute strategy Representing a leading global footwear business in proceedings the Court of Justice of the European Union connected to the validity of Registered Community Designs Acting in a successful application to register the house mark of a leading consumer health business on the basis of EU-wide acquired distinctiveness Representing a global children's entertainment franchise in proceedings before the General Court to block registration of a cartoon character that imitated our client's iconic protagonist

Hastings is a member of the International Trademark Association, where I sit on the Emerging Issues Committee, and the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys.