Adam Turley

Recent cases that Adam has worked on include:

• Advising a world-renowned motorsport business on its intellectual property, including management of its world-wide trade mark portfolio and multi-jurisdictional infringement issues.
• Advising a large Cumbrian based business in respect of its extensive trade mark portfolio across multiple brands and group companies, including advising on IP rights arising in regular acquisitions by the business of other companies.
• Acted for a jewellery retailer in a trade mark exhaustion claim brought by a multi-national designer in the IPEC. Succeeded in overturning default judgment and settled the matter.
• Acted for a sportswear company in multiple actions against a competitor including a design invalidity claim and a declaration for non-infringement of a patent.
• Acted for a company specialising in props for photobooths in an IPEC infringement matter, including an unusual award of costs payable to the client immediately on an application. This was widely reported in the legal press due to its unusual nature.
• Managed the world-wide trade mark portfolio for a market leading educational establishment including multiple oppositions in multiple territories.
• Acted for a manufacturer of fire protection equipment in a professional negligence case following previous negligent advice received in an intellectual property dispute, recovering a high six figure sum for the client.
• Assisted a USA based company to overcome two separate oppositions to its UK trade mark application, securing registration for the same and cancellation of one of the marks relied upon in the opposition.
• Acted for a Cumbria based marketing agency in a trade mark dispute over its company name.
• Assisted a national greetings card company to secure its brand through trade mark cancellation actions after their brand was registered by a third party.

• Member of The Law Society
• Allied member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys