Trade Mark Administrator Training Course: Avoid Potential Pitfalls of Practices at the UKIPO, EUIPO and WIPO (ONLINE EVENT: June 2, 2025) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "The Trade Mark Administrator Training Course" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This one-day trade mark administrator training course has been specifically designed for trade mark administrators, formalities assistants and other IP support staff dealing with trade marks.

This course will provide a comprehensive overview of trade mark administration, record-keeping and handling the process of applying for and registering a trade mark. It will bring you up to date with potential pitfalls to be aware of and the practicalities of timeframes, sanctions and office practices at the UKIPO, EUIPO and WIPO.

The expert trainer will use her extensive experience and knowledge to bring the topics alive and work through a number of case studies throughout the sessions to ensure delegates get the most from this course. There will also be time during the course to ask your specific questions and to network with other delegates.

The key topics covered include:

• What trade marks are
• How to choose new trade marks
• The process of registration at UKIPO, EUIPO, WIPO
• Dealing with contentious proceedings
• Recording changes on the Trade Mark Register
• Administration of your domain name portfolio

Benefits of attending

• Improve your understanding of the trademark process
• Learn how to register your trademark using the most commonly used registration systems
• Understand the importance of accuracy in your role
• Gain practical time-saving tips
• Get insights into best practices

Certification:

• CPD: 6 hours for your records
• Certificate of completion

Who Should Attend:

• Trademark/patent administrators
• Formalities assistants
• Legal assistants
• Paralegals
• IP support staff
• Others wishing to learn more about trademark administration

Key Topics Covered:

Introduction to trade marks

• What is a trademark?
• Why register a trademark?
• The structure of the registers (typically national v. the more international nature of many businesses)

Choosing new trade marks

• Inherent registrability and market acceptability
• Relative registrability: searching and clearance
• Lawyers in collaboration with marketing colleagues

Registration and prosecution

• Understanding registration at UKIPO, EUIPO, WIPO
• Applying to register
• Communicating with the UKIPO, EUIPO, WIPO
• Outline of the process
• Objections (relative and absolute grounds)
• Responses, evidence and acquired distinctiveness

Pitfalls and practicalities around the world

• Timeframes
• Sanctions
• Documentary requirements
• Office practices

Contentious proceedings - opposition, invalidity and revocation

• Opposition
• Revocation
• Invalidity
• Evidence
• Hearing and appeal

Recording changes on the trade mark register

• When will you need to record changes and why?
• How to deal with changes

Renewal and maintenance

• Overview
• Databases
• Renewal agencies v. In-house

Administration of a Domain Name Portfolio

• Overview of portfolio management
  • Use of Domain Name Management Companies
  • Watching services
• Maintenance of domain names
  • Renewals
• Achieving a 'tidy' portfolio
  • Ownership of domains
  • Controlling the filing of domains
  • UDRP - domain disputes
  • acquisition of domain names
  • Pointing/technical issues
• Social media handles

Speakers:

Victoria Silk

BAT

Victoria Silk is Senior Counsel, Trade Marks - New Category Products for BAT. She is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and in-house Counsel. She qualified in London in 2005 and spent 6 years in-house with ICI paints before becoming Virgin's in-house Trade Mark Attorney in Geneva in 2011. She joined BAT in 2017.

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