Lab Brands Limited
Lab Brands Limited was a haircare company founded in 2012 in the United Kingdom. The company’s ethos was to apply traditional skincare regimes to look after hair health, based on their motto: healthy scalp = healthy hair. Lab Brands Limited’s signature ingredient was prickly pear oil, that was grown exclusively for the company on the high grassland plains of South Africa. Prickly pear oil has at least two times the potency of argan oil and Moroccan oil.
Business |
Lab Brands Limited |
Industry |
Haircare |
Trade mark |
LONDON LABS. SKINCARE FOR HAIR |
Trade mark type |
word |
Territories |
Australia Switzerland China European Union United Kingdom India Japan South Korea Mexico Philippines Russia Singapore United States |
Application dates |
16 November and 23 December 2015 |
Trade marks' status |
Registered and abandoned by client |
Registration dates |
Between 5 June 2018 and 4 February 2021 |
Client Project
A founder of Lab Brands Limited approached me in 2015 when embarking on a new business venture. He and his business partners had bought a haircare brand in London, in which they saw great potential in some aspects, and attention required on other aspects. They were impressed by the key ingredient, prickly pear oil, and were excited to refine its product range.
He gave me their four shortlisted trade marks and asked me to conduct searches and provide comparative advice and comments on the availability and registrability of those trade marks in the key territories of interest.
How we helped
During the first part of my role, I provided the client with advice and comments relating to the four short-listed trade marks. The client became wedded to the LONDON LABS. SKINCARE FOR HAIR trade mark and, against my advice, chose to pursue registration of that trade mark.
This trade mark application was complex and required collating and submitting evidence of use and moving through reciprocal opposition proceedings. We obtained the trade mark registration for LONDON LABS. SKINCARE FOR HAIR in Australia about two and a half years later.
We also worked with our international network of trade marks agents to obtain registrations of the LONDON LABS. SKINCARE FOR HAIR trade mark globally.
