Sanjay Kapur

Partner

BA (Hons), Registered UK and European Trade Mark Attorney, Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, ECTA and MARQUES.

Sanjay obtained an honours degree in business studies from Wolverhampton University in 1989. He joined Potter Clarkson in 1990 and qualified in 1993.

In 1995 Sanjay left the firm to take up an appointment as Trade Marks Manager in the corporate trade mark department of a large international manufacturing company. He rejoined Potter Clarkson in 1997 and became a partner in 1998.

Sanjay acts for a wide range of clients in all market sectors. He has lectured in the UK and abroad and on behalf of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, and regularly lectures to students seeking to qualify as a trade mark attorney.

Diary Dates
News & Publications

Date	Event Infomation
Jun 20	ECTA Annual Conference Palermo

Date	News Infomation
Nov 04 2011	CJEU Issues Its Decision in the Interflora -v- Marks & Spencer Case In our Newsletter issued in April of this year, we reported the publication of the Advocate General's opinion in the dispute between Interflora and Marks & Spencer, concerning the latter's bidding on the INTERFLORA trade mark as a "keyword", so that their website link features in a Sponsored Link/Adword section on the first page of results after "Interflora" is entered into the Google search engine. Interflora sued Marks & Spencer in the UK for trade mark infringement, and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now responded to certain questions that were asked of it by the UK Court.
Sep 06 2011	.XXX Domain Name Launch The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has approved the use of the Top Level Domain .xxx. The .xxx domain name is specifically designed for use by parties that provide online adult entertainment services. ICANN recognises that existing trade mark holders who have no connection with the adult entertainment industry might have their trade marks registered as .xxx domain names by third parties, and that such unauthorised registrations could adversely affect their businesses. Consequently, ICANN has announced provisions permitting trade mark holders to register .xxx domain names defensively. The .xxx domain names will be released in three phases: Sunrise, Landrush and then General Availability.

Date

News Infomation

Nov

2011

CJEU Issues Its Decision in the Interflora -v- Marks & Spencer Case

In our Newsletter issued in April of this year, we reported the publication of the Advocate General's opinion in the dispute between Interflora and Marks & Spencer, concerning the latter's bidding on the INTERFLORA trade mark as a "keyword", so that their website link features in a Sponsored Link/Adword section on the first page of results after "Interflora" is entered into the Google search engine.

Interflora sued Marks & Spencer in the UK for trade mark infringement, and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now responded to certain questions that were asked of it by the UK Court.

Sep

2011

.XXX Domain Name Launch

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has approved the use of the Top Level Domain .xxx. The .xxx domain name is specifically designed for use by parties that provide online adult entertainment services. ICANN recognises that existing trade mark holders who have no connection with the adult entertainment industry might have their trade marks registered as .xxx domain names by third parties, and that such unauthorised registrations could adversely affect their businesses. Consequently, ICANN has announced provisions permitting trade mark holders to register .xxx domain names defensively. The .xxx domain names will be released in three phases: Sunrise, Landrush and then General Availability.