Carpmaels & Ransford LLP’s practice encompasses the entire life cycle trade marks, from clearance searches, registrations, and enforcement, to disputes, litigation, licensing, and contractual and transactional matters, and it often represents clients in opposition and appeal proceedings before the UKIPO, EPO, WIPO, and the UK’s Appointed Person. Roger Lush chairs the group and his clients are from a wide range of sectors, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, media and entertainment, tourism, and fintech and finance, amongst others. Dual qualified as a trade mark attorney and solicitor, Jonathan Day, is strong on brand protection, enforcement mandates, and management matters. Senior associate and trade mark attorney Lara Elder is skilled in both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Key clients
- Align Technology
- Bear Grylls Ventures LLP
- Manzanita Capital
- Allergan
- Deere & Company
- Blue Prism
- Western Digital
- Byredo
- Diptyque
- Space NK
- XEROS
- Eyeora
- Penguin Random House
- Converge
- Motorsport UK
- Vertex
- Umarex GmbH
- Republic Technologies
- 4D Pharma
- Aphria
- OTCX Trading
- De Beers
- Malin + Goetz
- Altery
- Susanne Kaufmann
- Iris Nation
- McArthurGlen
- Belron
- Antler
- McIlhenny Company
- Western Digital
- Total
- GAM Limited
- Veld Capital
- Anacap Financial Partners
- Kalvista
- Fomtech Limited
Work highlights
- Representing Allergan in all trade mark-related matters, from brand counselling and clearance, filing and prosecution, opposition, cancellation, and enforcement, and dispute resolution.
- Representing Align Technology in its brand protection and enforcement strategies in the UK and Europe.
- Representing Deere & Company in the protection and enforcement of the brand, including the iconic Leaping Deer logo and yellow/green livery, which is the subject of rarely registered colour-per-se marks.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roger Lush