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New Appointed Persons for designs and trade marks

Intellectual Property Office

August 12
15:37 2015

The Lord Chancellor has this month confirmed the appointment of six new Appointed Persons for designs and trade marks.

Whats an Appointed Person?

The Appointed Person is a senior lawyer who is an expert in IP law. Where someone wishes to appeal against a decision of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in relation to their trade mark or design, they have the option to appeal to the Appointed Person. This is cheaper and quicker than going through the courts. Appeals may relate, for example, to a refusal by IPO to register a mark or design, or the outcome of a first-tier tribunal hearing a dispute between two parties.

The Appointed Person appeal route has long existed for trade marks, but following the Intellectual Property Act 2014 a similar post has been created to cover designs. This is good news for designers.

Four individuals have been appointed, two of whom will cover both trade marks and designs. (These appointments supplement the existing Appointed Persons for trade marks.)

Appointed Person: designs

  • Martin Russell Thomson Howe QC
  • Philip Michael Johnson
  • Edward James Wilson Mellor QC

Appointed Person: trade marks

  • Philip Michael Johnson
  • Edward James Wilson Mellor QC
  • Thomas George Moseley Mitcheson QC

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