Hammonds' pan-European Brands group specialises in providing expert practical advice in relation to all aspects of brand protection, from brand creation through to registration to promotion, exploitation and enforcement. We act for some of the world's best known brand owners and have extensive experience in devising and implementing large scale, multi-jurisdictional strategies to combat counterfeiting and other unauthorised brand use, and have been rated in tier 1 for Brand management in the Legal 500 for the past 2 years.

Hammonds also have one of the leading trade mark and design filing practices in the UK, with 4 fully qualified trade mark attorneys providing a complete service for trade mark and design filing. With over 50 specialist lawyers and trade mark attorneys throughout the UK and Europe, including a filing and prosecution team in London, our Brands group offers a comprehensive one stop shop for brand owners, including:

• Devising and launching a brand (including brand clearance).
• Trade mark filing and prosecution (national, international and community trade marks).
• Licensing and other exploitation strategies.
• Advertising and marketing services.
• Domain name protection.
• Enforcement against infringement of registered or unregistered rights.