Knowledge Hub · Updated 13 October 2026
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Rame Consulting Limited
Linn Boo, Boo Consulting
Sameena Thompson, Director, The Art of Curry
Brad Mitri, Director, Dracorp
Mark Egan, Director, Riva Beauty Services
Fleur Cushman, Director, Curranz
Andy Murray, Lifestyle Fitness
Mike Smith, Director, Trinity Homecare
Ian Riley, Shower King
John Hicks, Rural Property Watch
Michael Haslam, Fly Repel
Angus Norris, Managing Director, Ruggerbeez
Janet Down, Solo
Louise Furlow, Ghost Collective
John Roberts, The City Pub Company
Selvarajah Revindran, Enzymoplast
Julian Birley, Alice the Little Welsh Engine (1)
Richard Burch, Kinkold Clothing
Nathan Whyte, Scotland’s Larder
Okan Ozevlat, My Home Textile
Ed Farrell, The Duck Truck
Michael Horgan, Non Executive Director, Avant Healthcare Services
Sonia Farr, European Trademark Owner
Yevegeniya Plotnikova, Active+
Matthew Adderley, Over Ice Clothing
Qudeer Ahmad, Muscle Bound
Kerry Gover, Managing Director, PinkBox Boutique
Duarte Goncalves, DXG Media Ltd
Alastair Brown, Development Director, Organico Realfoods
Tony Irish, Director, Oven Bright
Lifestyle Fitness: building trademark protection for a fitness brand
Lifestyle Fitness registered its logo and name with us in 2014, extended protection to the EU in 2015 and added a second brand, LSF PT, in 2017.
Organico Realfoods: EU trademarks and monitoring for a growing food range
Organico Realfoods protected two food brands across the EU in 2014, added monthly monitoring, and saw WILD THING through two oppositions to registration.
Dracorp: protecting a name for the long game
Brad Mitri registered the Dracorp logo with us in 2015. Years later he came back to protect it for a new gaming brand, and avoided a formal dispute.
The Art of Curry: protecting a food brand from day one
Sameena Thompson registered THE ART OF CURRY with us in 2015, covering food products and restaurant services, and renewed it in 2024.
Avant Healthcare: registered despite a threatened opposition
How Avant Healthcare Services registered its logo across care, nursing and training in 2014, despite a threatened opposition, then renewed it to 2034.
My Home Textile: from a UK logo to an EU trademark
How My Home Textile registered its logo in the UK in 2013, filed an EU trademark for MH MYHOME COUNTRY in 2014, and renewed it in the EU and UK in 2024.
Rame Consulting: how monitoring caught a copycat within weeks
Rame Consulting registered its name in 2013, then tried monitoring. Within the first month it found a new company using a near-identical name.
DXG Media: a clear run to registration for a digital printing name
DXG Media searched the register first, then filed. Its name was accepted without objection and registered for digital printing services in 2014.
Curranz: how the first monitoring report won back a web address
Curranz registered its brand with us in 2014. Its first monitoring report found a former supplier's .co.uk domain, and Nominet ruled in Curranz's favour.
Muscle Bound: an EU trademark for a combat sports gear brand
Qudeer Ahmad protected his No1 Fight Gear logo with an EU trademark in 2013, covering fightwear, boxing gloves and martial arts training equipment.
PinkBox Boutique: when a new registration proved its worth
Kerry Gover registered PINKBOX when she launched her boutique. When another company traded under her mark, our advice led to a quick resolution.
The Duck Truck: a food and drink name registered and renewed
How Ed Farrell registered THE DUCK TRUCK logo for food, drink, bar and catering services in 2012, and renewed it for another ten years in 2022.
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