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Bonita Trimmer

Bonita Trimmer
Legal Director

about Bonita

Bonita has over 20 years' experience specialising in IP, with a particular focus on brands and designs disputes. Her experience includes some high profile trade mark infringement and passing off cases including The London Taxi Corporation Ltd (t/a The London Taxi Company) v Frazer-Nash Research Ltd & Anor [2016] EWHC 52 (Ch) & [2017] EWCA Civ 175, Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Flim Corp [2014] EWHC 185 (Ch), Hasbro Inc & Ors v 123 Nahrmittel GmbH & Anor [2011] EWHC 199 (Ch) and Sterling Fluid System’s Licence of Right (Copyright) Application [1999] RPC 775 (PO).

Bonita has a diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from Bristol University and is an active member of CITMA and AIPPI. She has written over 45 published articles on IP issues.

recent experience

Advising a leading high street financial services client on the protection and maintenance of an existing name and device registration of a key brand, which our client wished to refresh following a change in circumstances.
Instructed by London EV Company Limited (formerly the London Taxi Company) in a trade mark infringement and passing off action, we are seeking to enforce its 3D trade marks in the UK courts. These 3D marks represent the iconic shape of the famous London taxi and are regarded by our client to be a key asset of its business. We are working with our client to ensure these assets are properly protected.

what the directories say...

Bonita has excellent legal knowledge and produces top-class written work. You can’t catch her out because she thinks everything through carefully.

World Trademark Review 2019

Bonita Trimmer is 'very strong on detail'.

Legal 500 2018

Trimmer, who makes a well-deserved debut in the listings this year, is “an extremely thorough professional with excellent attention to detail and great client-management skills”. One source comments: “She has the best legal knowledge of any senior associate I have ever met – partly because she used to be a professional support lawyer before moving into litigation.”

World Trademark Review 2018

Key figures include Bonita Trimmer, who has a particular focus on brands and designs disputes

Legal 500 2017

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Advocate General highlights the importance of keeping up with national case law when dealing with EU trade mark proceedings

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related resources

A litigator’s perspective on up to date brand filing and prosecution strategies

Recent court decisions about bad faith, clarity, acquired distinctiveness and jurisdiction issues with enforcement have impacted on portfolio management best practice. In this webinar, Bonita Trimmer and Giles Parsons provided a trade mark litigator’s perspective on how these decisions should influence the choices of brand portfolio managers in the UK and throughout the EU.

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The full talks of the day are published to SoundCloud, ready for you to listen again and share with your teams.

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