tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post164168990021898439..comments2024-03-27T08:57:40.383+00:00Comments on SOLO IP <br> for sole and small IP practices<br>: Associations and marks: which is the best approach?Filemothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-36053942233759775492014-04-02T13:57:49.744+01:002014-04-02T13:57:49.744+01:00ITMA has chosen to register trade marks to protect...ITMA has chosen to register trade marks to protect its OWN activities. To the extent that it was in the business of allowing members to use the logo on their websites, it would need to register a collective mark as CIPA has done. Individuals are members of ITMA not firms so it is not directly equivalentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-35447916292281941642014-04-02T13:42:20.237+01:002014-04-02T13:42:20.237+01:00The fact that ITMA has chosen an ordinary Trade Ma...The fact that ITMA has chosen an ordinary Trade Mark which is used under licence by its members says volumes.<br /><br />NCMA is registered as a collective mark.<br />They have recently re-branded as PACEY<br />which as it happens is registered as an ordinary mark. They might need to rely on the members of NCMA as was impliedly accepting a licence to use PACEY when they renewed their subs. I would have got members to explicitly agree to this on renewal.<br /><br />Collective marks are probably at their best for something like the Church of England or Association of Farmers Markets or Vintage Car clubs.<br /><br />The All England Lawn tennis association has taken things one step further and parked all registered (ordinary) marks in the name of a limited company - presumably with<br />closed shareholding and secret agreement.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662935812167007670noreply@blogger.com