Capacity evidence - John McKendrick QC, Outer Temple Chambers
How is the Court dealing with the particular difficulties of (1) distorted memories, (2) false beliefs and (3) personality change? What if capacity fluctuates?
On-line platforms - Jamie Muir Wood, Hogarth Chambers
What is realistic and achievable when enforcing trade mark rights on online marketplaces, such as Amazon? Is there a silver bullet?
Colour marks - Victoria Jones, 3PB
Now that the Glaxo Group Ltd v EUIPO has been decided, what are the unresolved issues over colour marks?
Where will the challenges come from?
Colour marks - Victoria Jones, 3PB
Now that the Glaxo Group Ltd v EUIPO has been decided, what are the unresolved issues over colour marks?
Where will the challenges come from?
Post Brexit - Robert Guthrie, Osborne Clarke
To what extent have UKIPO and EUIPO matched their promises over the cloning of marks, re-filing of EU applications and changes in representation? What is the UK's value to existing EU rights owners?
Distinctiveness - Jeremy Blum, Bristows
Is there a shift in the wind over inherent and acquired distinctiveness following the Jaguar v Ineos and Louis Vuitton Malletier v EUIPO cases?
Bad Faith - Nicholas Caddick QC, Hogarth Chambers
How are the courts interpreting evidence of "bad faith" following the spate of recent cases, including the Skykick litigation? What counts and what is making a difference?
Site plan - James Hanham, Maitland Chambers
Yielding-up
How far can you push the line over yielding up obligations in the leases following Pullman Foods Ltd v The Welsh Ministers?
Restrictive covenants - Martin Hutchings QC, Wilberforce Chambers
What are the unresolved issues - legal and practical - concerning restrictive covenants and s.84(1) following the Supreme Court's decision in Alexander Devine v Housing Solutions [2020]?
Break clauses - Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC, Falcon Chambers
Where are the grey areas over break clauses, looking at (1) vacant possession, (2) reinstatement, (3) obligation to remove tenant's chattels and fixtures?
