Wildbore & Gibbons

Wildbore & Gibbons are the most experienced independent trade mark specialists operating in the UK.  Founded in 1887 in London by John Gibbons, trade mark agent, the practice was merged with that of Benjamin Wildbore in 1892. One of Wildbore & Gibbons’ clients, John Begg Limited, a whisky distillery, was among the first companies to register a trade mark under the UK Trade Mark Registration Act of 1875.

Wildbore & Gibbons pioneered trade mark monitoring by establishing Trade Marks Directory Service (usually called TMDS) in 1942. This enabled subscribers to be kept informed of the publication of potentially conflicting trade mark applications at home and abroad and to give them the opportunity of opposing them.

We are a partnership of trade mark attorneys and are regulated under the Legal Services Act 2007 by the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (www.ipreg.org.uk).