The Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot
The 22nd edition of the Oxford IP Moot will take place from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 March 2025.
This year's problem concerns the case Multilever plc v Greenland Supermarket plc [2024] HCE 337. The legal issues in this case relate to registered trade marks, in particular, issues in relation to confusing similarity and the role and content of blurring and tarnishment as trade mark harms.
Update 29 September 2024: the problem has been released. It is available here. The rules have also been released, and are available here.
The key dates and milestones for the Written Phase of the competition are as follows.
| Task | Deadline |
| Review your team’s eligibility under §1-4 of the Moot Rules | At your earliest convenience |
| Apply for an anonymous identifier | At your earliest convenience |
| Requests for corrections & clarifications | Due by 9.00am on Thursday 31 October (Oxford time) |
| Corrections & clarifications released by the OC | Will be available by Thursday 14 November |
| Send your two written submissions to the Moot Secretary | Due by 9.00am on Thursday 12 December (Oxford time) |
The registration process will not open until after invitations have been issued to compete at the oral rounds. These invitations will be issued in mid-January 2025. Only those teams who are invited to the oral rounds will need to register and pay the registration fee.
