UK trademark association's new head calls for action on backlog (correct*)
By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( May 7, 2026, 16:03 GMT | Comment) -- The new president of the body representing UK trademark lawyers has said that action is desperately needed to address the persistent backlog at the Intellectual Property Office's trademark tribunal*, calling for an overhaul of how filings are handled similar to reforms recently carried out for the UK patents system.Daniel Hardman-Smart took over as president of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, or CITMA, at the end of April, looking ahead to a long-awaited revitalization of the UK Intellectual Property Office’s system for filing and searching trademarks — a change that he says can’t come quickly enough....
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