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Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP

35 VINE STREET, LONDON, EC3N 2AA, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 020 7861 4000
Fax:: Fax 020 7861 0084
DX:: 823 LONDON CITY EC3

Web:: www.ffw.com
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Paris, Munchen, Manchester, London, Hamburg, Brussels

Mark Abell

Tel:: Work +44 20 7861 4000
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Work Department

Intellectual property and technology.

Position

Partner and head of intellectual property and technology department, dealing with franchising (Hamleys; H&M; Marks & Spencer; Sony; Regus; Arcadia; Fortnum & Mason; Whitbread) sponsorship, endorsement/merchandising (Petronas Superbike team and F1); trade mark – licensing; technology transfer (Imperial College; Petronas).

Career

Partner Field Fisher Waterhouse 1988; expert to World Intellectual Property Organisation; publications: ‘Butterworths Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents’ (franchising volume); ‘The Franchise Option’, ‘The International Franchise Option’ (Waterlows); ‘European Franchising’ (Sweet & Maxwell); ‘Technology Transfer of Profit’ (lecturer); ‘Franchising in India’ (Eastern Law); chapters in five books on IP; over 1,000 articles in various journals; co-editor of ‘International Journal of Franchise Law’; external examiner at University of London. Consistently reported to be the UK’s ‘Number One Franchising Lawyer’ in ‘Franchise World’.

Languages

Japanese.

Member

British Franchise Association; International Franchise Association; IBA Franchise Committee; LES.

Education

Southampton University (1978 LLB).

Leisure

Scuba diving, skiing, kabuki, opera; Japanese and Chinese culture and literature.

Practice Areas

EU and competition; Franchising; Intellectual property

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THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (ECJ) IS IN THE midst of considering questions referred to it by the UK courts in three separate cases that should clarify the law regarding comparative advertising. This type of advertising, particularly when it identifies a competitor or a competitor’s goods or services by referring to a registered trade mark, is of particular concern to trade mark owners as their competitors normally seek to make unfavourable comparisons with their own goods or services, or to take advantage of being associated with the market leader’s brand.

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