A Practical Guide to UK Trade Mark Law

The new edition of a well-established text, A Practical Guide to UK Trade Mark Law provides a comprehensive, digestible, and approachable explanation of trade mark law.

Fully updated with the most recent and relevant case law, this book provides a comprehensive yet practical explanation of the law on the acquisition, registration, and protection of trade mark rights. It addresses registered trade marks as well as unregistered rights in the form of the action for passing off, and aims to show how those registered and unregistered rights co-exist. It also offers guidance on how to enforce those rights, including the choice of tribunal and the remedies and outcomes available both in the civil and criminal courts.

Now in its sixth edition, A Practical Guide to UK Trade Mark Law is an indispensable resource for trade mark attorneys, students and IP solicitors.

Amanda Michaels, Barrister, Hogarth Chambers,Andrew Norris KC, Barrister, Honorable Society of Middle Temple,Charlotte Blythe, Barrister, Hogarth Chambers,Jamie Muir Wood, Barrister, Hogarth Chambers

Amanda Michaels was called to the Bar after studying law at the University of Durham and completing postgraduate work in EU law at the Collège d'Europe in Bruges. A leading specialist in intellectual property for over forty years, she built a distinguished practice at Hogarth Chambers, with particular expertise in trade marks, passing off, copyright, and design law. She served as an Appointed Person under the Trade Marks Act 1994 from 2007 to 2024 and continues to sit as a judge in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.


Andrew Norris KC is a leading silk and Head of Chambers at Hogarth Chambers. He specialises in all areas of intellectual property law and related commercial litigation. He is an Honorary Professor at Nottingham Law School. Andrew's practice spans copyright, trade marks, design rights, patents, and media and entertainment law. He has represented clients ranging from individual creators to multinational brand and patent owners, and has appeared before tribunals including the Court of Justice of the European Union, the General Court, and all levels of the High Court. His recent accolades include nominations for Senior IP Barrister of the Year (Managing IP, 2021 and 2022).


Charlotte Blythe was called to the Bar in 2012 after studying law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. She practises across the full range of soft intellectual property, including trade marks, passing off, copyright, design rights, and related commercial matters. She has appeared frequently before the UKIPO, the IPEC, the High Court and the Court of Appeal, and has been involved in several leading trade mark cases in recent years. She also teaches on the Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice at Nottingham Law School.


Jamie Muir Wood is a barrister at Hogarth Chambers specialising in intellectual property, media, and entertainment law. Called to the Bar in 2012, he appears regularly before the UKIPO, the IPEC, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal. His practice spans patents, trade marks, copyright, design rights, and confidential information. He also teaches at Nottingham Law School, as well as teaching materials science to construction lawyers at King's College London. In 2025 he was appointed to the Attorney General's 'B' Panel, and Standing Counsel to the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.