Mr Mrs Miss Ms Dr Other

Mr
John
Reddington

Consultant

London Office

Trade marks

Telephone. +44(0) 207 776 5100
Email. [email protected]
Vcard

Experience

John has twenty-six years’ experience working in the field of trade marks. After qualifying as a solicitor and a short period as a commercial litigator John began his career in trade marks with a multi-national pharmaceutical company, moving on to head the London trade mark department of one of the world’s largest international law firms, where he practised for 11 years. Subsequently he spent a further 11 years as head of trade marks with a London-based boutique IP firm, before joining HGF as a consultant in 2018. His experience includes all aspects of trade mark portfolio management, trade mark litigation, and parallel import litigation, in industry sectors from pharmaceuticals to computer games, high street retail to luxury brands.

Specialisms

Industries

Services

Qualifications

Solicitor

England & Wales

Trade Mark Attorney

Chartered (UK)

BA

Honours, French Literature

LPC

CPE and Law Society Finals. 1989 - 91

Recognition

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys

Related News

Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2023

After months of research, Managing IP has published the IP Stars list for 2023. HGF is delighted to have 23 attorneys from England, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands and Germany recognised and …

Read article

Why should I register the Trade Mark(s) of my business? – 6 Top Tips

A trade mark is anything that identifies the origin of goods or services writes Rebecca Field, Partner & Trade Mark Attorney (pictured above). This includes the name of the product, …

Read article

Alright Cuthbert

The caterpillar war may have been settled last year, but it hasn’t stopped Aldi continuing to dig at M&S. There was the limited edition Cuthbert being sold to raise money …

Read article

Every Lidl Helps - Lidl wins High Court case against Tesco on the “Clubcard Prices” logo

After an interim High Court decision and a Court of Appeals decision, Mrs Justice J. Smith handed down her judgement on 19 April in favour of Lidl having held that …

Read article

Design (registrations) to win -this time its GIN! - M&S vs ALDI

This case illustrates how a well thought out design registration strategy helped Marks and Spencer (M&S) win the day against the discount specialist, Aldi. It is another chapter in the …

Read article

CJEU sees red - Louboutin vs Amazon

Christian Louboutin for anyone who doesn’t know, is a French designer of luxury footwear and handbags, whose best-known goods are high-heeled (often very!) women’s shoes. From the mid-1990s onwards, he …

Read article

Tesco vs Lidl – Going in circles

The full trial between Tesco and Lidl started before the High Court in February 2023. With the parties battling over their use of their yellow circle logos, we look at …

Read article

Lego – Building a case for enforcement

The “minifigure” of Lego and its friends prove to be brave fighters, not only in children’s hands, but also before the Regional Court of Dusseldorf and even the General Court …

Read article
See all updates

Let's talk

If you would like to discuss how HGF could help you, contact one of our IP specialists.

Contact us