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Christian Durr

Christian is an Associate and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney in our IP & Media team. He advises companies on all aspects of brand protection including the clearance, filing, prosecution, exploitation and enforcement of trade marks and designs worldwide.

Christian's experience includes the day to day management and exploitation of client's international trade mark and design portfolios and advising on IP disputes through the national registries and courts, as well as assisting on broader commercial IP issues. He has particular experience working with clients in the financial and retail sectors.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2022

Experience

  • Eversheds Sutherland (2019 - 2023)

Membership

  • CITMA

Qualifications

  • Professional certificate in trade mark practice (2022)
  • Trade mark law and practice PGCert (2021)
  • LLB Hons (2017)
  • Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (2013)

Education

  • Nottingham Trent (2022)
  • Queen Mary (2021)
  • University of York (2017)
  • Manchester School of Art (2013)

1 Contributions by Christian Durr

Madrid System for international trade marks: applications, designations, refusals, central attack and transformation, renewal and portfolio management, with UK practice and post‑Brexit implications
PRACTICE NOTES
Madrid System for international trade marks: applications, designations, refusals, central attack and transformation, renewal and portfolio management, with UK practice and post‑Brexit implications
This Practice Note This Practice Note provides a concise summary, setting out the procedure for applying for and registering international trade marks (IRs). It highlights the role of WIPO, the Madrid Agreement 1891 and the related Madrid Protocol. The Madrid System enables trade mark proprietors to obtain protection in numerous countries via a single process. It is founded on two separate treaties: the Madrid Agreement 1891 (the Agreement) the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (which took effect on 1 April 1996) (the Protocol) Each treaty provides for the international registration of trade marks for goods or services and operates, essentially, as a filing system. Relying on a home registration or application, a trade mark owner can file with WIPO in Geneva for an IR, designating the jurisdictions where protection is required. The mark is then recorded and published by the International Bureau in the WIPO Gazette of International Marks...
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