Design copyright protects the “shape, configuration, pattern or ornament of an article or features of pattern or ornament applicable to articles in so far as such features appeal to and are judged solely by the eye”
[section 30 of the Industrial Property Act of 1965].
The total period of protection is 15 years – this equates to three periods of 5 years (prescribed fees are payable prior to the expiration of each 5 year term).
KATINA MOSKO
COUNSEL | ATTORNEY-AT-LAW | NOTARY PUBLIC | TRADE MARK AGENT
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
Mary C. Katina Mosko was called to the Bar of England and Wales in October 1977 (Inner Temple) and the Bar of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in February 1978. Although called to the Bar as a Barrister, the legal profession is fused in The Bahamas, and she has continually practiced since 1977 as Counsel and Attorney-at-Law.
Katina is a member of the Bahamian Bar, International Bar Association. She has also served on The Bahamas Bar Ethics Committee for many years, and is a member of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce.
PRACTICE AREAS
Intellectual Property Law
Company Law
Contributor
INTA
Sweet & Maxwell
EDUCATION
Barrister of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple
Holborn Law Tutors & Council of Legal Education
Battle Abbey, England
St. Andrew’s School, Nassau, Bahamas
LANGUAGES
English | Greek | Czech
PROFESSIONAL COUNSEL
Legal Counsel, Bacardi & Company Limited, 1982 ~ 1997
Associate, Pyfrom & Roberts, 1978 ~ 1982
Judge’s Marshall, London, 1977
MEMBERSHIPS
Bahamas Bar Association
Bahamas Bar IP Committee (Co-Chair)
Bahamas Bar Ethics Committee (retired)
Legislation Committee Chamber of Commerce, 2003 ~ 2004
Chamber of Commerce Director, 2001 ~ 2002
Honorary Consul Cyprus, 1990 ~ 1997
IBA, INTA, ITMA, IPCA
ACCOLADES
2015 World Trademark Review 1000:
Katina Mosko understands her clients’ business and can shape and tailor her response accordingly.
2014 World Trademark Review 1000:
Katina Mosko “is feted as one of the region’s finest IP minds.“
2013 World Trademark Review 1000:
Katina Mosko has built a reputation from sources throughout the Caribbean as being “the most reliable trademark practitioner in the Bahamas.”
Jason Ellis
ALEXANDRA
MEZULANIK
CONSULTANT
Alexandra Mezulanik was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2011 (Inner Temple) and admitted to the Bar of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in 2012. In 2014, she completed her pupillage in the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas as a Judicial Assistant. The Hon. Sir Michael Barnett, the Chief Justice of The Bahamas, and the Hon. Mrs Justice Claire Hepburn were her pupil supervisors. Embracing her passion for Intellectual Property law, she joined the boutique IP firm, Mosko & Associates, as a consultant.
In the UK, Alex worked as a Judicial Assistant to the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Kitchin and the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Floyd in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, working almost exclusively on IP appeals. She then worked as a Researcher to the Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob at UCL IBIL, conducting research and drafting opinions for IP mock trials. She was one of UCL’s team coaches in the Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot from 2018 to 2021. Alex currently consults for Mosko & Associates and works as a Researcher on the Cloud Legal Project, with a particular interest in big data and IP.
PRACTICE AREAS
Intellectual Property Law
Cloud Computing Law
EDUCATION
LLM specialising in IP (Distinction)
Queen Mary University of London, Lincoln’s Inn, 2011 ~ 2012
Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot, 2012
Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding)
College of Law, Bloomsbury, 2010 ~ 2011
LLB (Upper Second Class Honours)
Hatfield College, University of Durham, 2007 ~ 2010
PUBLICATIONS
May 2020: ‘Martin v Kogan: (It) Take(s) Two
The Court of Appeal clarifies the joint authorship test’ [2020] 42(6) EIPR 381
Guest Post: Martin v Kogan: Court of Appeal clarifies joint authorship test IPKat October 2019
Data Brokers and Intellectual Property
IPKat January 2015
Contributor to the UK AIPPI 2019 Study question:
Copyright in artificially generated works
MARSHALLING
The Hon. Mr Justice Henry Carr, High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)
July 2017
The Hon. Mr Justice Birss, High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)
September 2015
MEMBERSHIPS
Bahamas Bar Association
Bahamas Bar IP Committee
INTA
J. Evans