Former AJ Park Principal and Top 50 International Trademark Lawyer Joins Sortify.tm as Brand Ambassador
Friday 21 February 2020
Sortify.tm is pleased to announce the appointment of John Hackett as Brand Ambassador.
Don’t sweat Madrid Protocol Central Attack
Wednesday 19 February 2020
It’s long been thought that one weakness of this centralised system is “Central Attack”. This is where the home registration is attacked (within five years of the international application date), the whole house of cards, which is built upon that home registration, may come tumbling down.
The Ghosts of Nice 11’s Past, Present and Future
Thursday 19 December 2019
An attorney’s insight into the Nice 11 system, or as we like to call it a two-dimensional system in a three-dimensional world!
To Madrid or not Madrid #2: What about the Goods and Services?
Thursday 28 November 2019
Goods and services specifications are key when you’re deciding if Madrid is the right option for your client’s trademark filing. As we mentioned in our last post, filing through Madrid should not be an automatic decision, and the specific mark is an important consideration.
To Madrid or not Madrid? Why the mark itself matters
Monday 11 November 2019
At Sortify.tm we think about the ins and outs of filing trademark applications around the world every day (after which we typically enjoy an in-house brewed craft beer)! If there’s one rule of thumb we have for filing internationally via the Madrid Protocol – it is that there is no rule of thumb. We don’t always recommend using Madrid and we don’t always recommend NOT using Madrid.