Successfully Navigating Trade Mark Disputes: Tactics and Remedies In-house Training

Prevent and resolve trade mark conflicts with expert insights. Practical guidance on dispute triggers, response strategies and remedies for IP professionals and businesses.

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Course overview

Trade mark disputes can arise quickly and unexpectedly - objections, oppositions, and challenges are part of the registration landscape. This focused training course offers a clear, practical guide to understanding how trade mark disputes arise, what they look like at different stages of the process, and how you can respond effectively.

Participants will explore the key phases of a trade mark dispute, including pre-action considerations, hearings and appeals. The training course will also cover the possible outcomes and how they’re determined, and remedies available, while offering practical strategies for reducing risk and avoiding disputes in the first place.

Whether you're managing your own trade marks or advising clients, the expert speaker will give you a practical, accessible overview of the dispute process and the confidence to navigate proceedings with clarity and control.

This course is part of our collection of IP & Patents Training Courses.

Benefits of attending

By attending this training course, you will:

Understand the common triggers for trade mark disputes, including oppositions, invalidity action and revocations
Learn about the structure and stages of a trade mark dispute
Recognise the key procedural steps and timelines
Evaluate the potential outcomes and remedies
Get to grips with tactics to avoid or minimise disputes

Who should attend?

This training course has been specialliy designed for:

In-house lawyers
Trade mark and IP lawyers
IP legal professionals
R&D managers
Business development and commercial teams

This course will cover:

How does a dispute arise?

Confusion
Ignoring allegations
“Passing off”

What does a dispute look like?

Cease and desist
Opposition
Key procedure steps
Timelines

Stages of a dispute

Pre-action
- Negotiation
- Mediation
Hearing
- Ex parte
- Inter parte
- Court action
Appeal

Outcomes of a dispute?

Groundless threats
Loss of trade mark
Damages and remedies
Co-existence

How to avoid disputes?

Clearance searches
Limited goods and services
Approach third party about potential issues
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JoAnna Emery
atai Life Sciences

JoAnna Emery, CLAS, F.Inst.Pa, is Project Manager, Intellectual Property at atai Life Sciences.
Previously, JoAnna was Senior Intellectual Property Paralegal for Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
where she was responsible for aiding in the management and growth of the patent portfolio.
Prior to that she was the Head of and Director for Pure Ideas Limited where she managed the
strategy, P&L, KPIs and intellectual property operations of the firm.

JoAnna has over 27 years experience in intellectual property in both the US and England. She holds an Associate and Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies from Rivier College.

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