'''Frederick Mostert''' is Past President of the International Trademark Association,<ref name="profking"/> currently the President of the Luxury Law Alliance,<ref name="lla">{{Cite web|url=https://www.luxurylawalliance.com/alliance-news/bird-bird-swoops-up-former-richemont-legal-chief/808965597|title=Bird & Bird swoops up former Richemont legal chief {{!}} Luxury Law Alliance|website=www.luxurylawalliance.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-17|archive-date=2020-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217080735/http://www.luxurylawalliance.com/alliance-news/bird-bird-swoops-up-former-richemont-legal-chief/808965597|url-status=dead}}</ref> Of Counsel at Bird & Bird, London<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.twobirds.com/en/our-lawyers/f/frederick-mostert|title=Frederick Mostert – Of Counsel at Bird & Bird|access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref> and an internationally recognized authority on intellectual property issues. Mostert served as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and Chief Legal Counsel of luxury group Richemont,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Changes to roles of directors within the board of Company Financière Richemont SA |url=https://www.richemont.com/en/home/news-media/press-releases-news/changes-to-roles-of-directors-within-the-board-of-company-financiere-richemont-sa/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.richemont.com |language=en}}</ref> which includes Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, Alfred Dunhill, and Chloé. He was inducted into the Intellectual Property Hall of Fame in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iphalloffame.com/frederick_mostert/|title=Frederick Mostert – iphalloffame|website=www.iphalloffame.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref> which honours those who have helped to establish intellectual property as one of the key business assets of the 21st century.
He is a Professor of Practice at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College, London,<ref name="profking">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-10-27 |title=Frederick Mostert |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/frederick-mostert |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=King's College London |language=en}}</ref> and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, University of Oxford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/centres-institutes/oxford-intellectual-property-research-centre/research-fellows|title=Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre: Research Fellows|last=|first=|date=2016-06-14|website=Research Fellows {{!}} Oxford Law Faculty|publisher=|access-date=2016-06-18}}</ref> He is the recipient of a King's College Teaching Excellence Award<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/prof-frederick-mostert-wins-the-rising-star-teaching-excellence-award-2018|title=King's College London - Prof. Frederick Mostert wins the 'Rising Star' Teaching Excellence Award 2018|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref> as well as an Education Award for 'Expanding Opportunities'.<ref name="expand">{{Cite web |title=King's Education Awards |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/academy/networks/kea |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk}}</ref> Mostert is a founder of the Digital Scholarship Institute and the Digital Communities Lab (London).<ref name="dcl">{{Cite web|url=https://www.trademarkelite.com/uk/trademark/trademark-detail/UK00003322377/DIGITAL-COMMUNITIES-LAB|title=DIGITAL COMMUNITIES LAB United Kingdom Trademark Information}}</ref> He is a co-developer of the international Unicode "Troll" emoji.<ref name="troll">Unicode Emoji Charts: Emoji Recently Added, v14.0, available at https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-released.html and https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19399-troll-emoji.pdf</ref>
Mostert has served on Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA's Board, as well as the boards of Net-a-Porter, the International Trademark Association, The Walpole Group,<ref name="wal">Board of the Walpole Group, available at http://www.thewalpole.co.uk/the-board {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314220848/http://www.thewalpole.co.uk/the-board |date=2016-03-14 }}</ref> and others.
At present he serves on the board of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, the Adopt a School Trust, is a member of Classics for All and Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
== Writing ==
Mostert is principal author and editor of ''Famous and Well-known Marks – An International Analysis''<ref>Famous and Well-Known Marks: An International Analysis, available at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0939190532/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0.</ref> which has been cited by US Federal Courts,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco d.b.a. Cubatabaco v. General Cigar Co., Inc. |url=https://casetext.com/admin-law/empresa-cubana-del-tabaco-dba-cubatabaco-v-general-cigar-co-inc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108065349/https://casetext.com/admin-law/empresa-cubana-del-tabaco-dba-cubatabaco-v-general-cigar-co-inc |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=casetext.com}}</ref> the High Courts in the UK,<ref>''Hotel Cipriani SRL and others v Cipriani (Grosvenor Street) Ltd and others'' [2008] All ER (D) 94 (Dec) (Court of Appeal, England & Wales), available at http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2008/3032.html.</ref> the Supreme Court in Canada,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin v. Boutiques Cliquot Ltée |url=https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2295/index.do?r=AAAAAQAOVmV1dmUgY2xpY3F1b3QAAAAAAAAB |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=decisions.scc-csc.ca}}</ref> the Constitutional Court in South Africa<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laugh It Off Promotions CC v South African Breweries International (Finance) BV |url=https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZACC/2005/7.html |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.saflii.org}}</ref> and in various other jurisdictions,<ref>See, e.g., Adidas-Salomon AG and another v Fitnessworld Trading Ltd [2004] IP & T 219 (European Court of Justice 2004), available at http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?text=&docid=48509&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=2434125; General Motors v Yplon SA, Case-375/97 (Advocate General Opinion, Court of Justice of European Communities 1998) available at http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?text=&docid=43742&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=2619317.</ref> as well as by other scholarly publications.<ref>See, e.g., The Management of Internet Names and Addresses: Intellectual Property Issues, Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process, fn. 168 (Apr. 30, 1999) available at http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/processes/process1/report/finalreport.html; Barry M. Krivisky, The Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995: The In-House Counsel Perspective, The Trademark Reporter (1996), fn. 5, available at http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/thetmr86&div=47; Lisa P. Ramsey, Free Speech and International Obligations to Protect Trademarks, ''Yale J. Int'l Law'' (2010), fn. 18, available at https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1389&context=yjil.</ref> He has also authored ''From Edison to iPod – Protect Your Ideas and Profit''<ref>From Edison to iPod: Protect Your Ideas and Profit, available at https://www.amazon.com/From-Edison-iPod-Protect-ideas/dp/0756626021.</ref> and ''International Trademark Treaties and Agreements''.<ref>International Trademark Treaties & Agreements, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-handbook-of-international-and-comparative-trademark-law/protection-of-wellknown-marks-under-international-intellectual-property-law/B95A17C1FB126C352146865B18BAA385; Book Launch: From Edison to iPod by Frederick Mostert, available at http://penguin.bookslive.co.za/blog/2007/07/12/book-launch-from-edison-to-ipod-by-frederick-mostert.</ref> Mostert's opinion pieces have been featured in the ''Financial Times'' and the ''South China Morning Post''.<ref>Counterfeits on Ebay: Who is Responsible?, available at http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e694a4fe-5426-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.html?siteedition=intl#axzz33bZkOX00; The intellectual property debate meets Confucious, South China Morning Post, December 2, 2002.</ref> International news organizations call upon Mostert for expert commentary on intellectual property matters.<ref>See e.g., Youssef M. Ibrahim, As Trademarks Multiply, Infringement Does, Too, ''New York Times'' (Nov. 12, 1998), available at https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/12/business/international-business-as-trademarks-multiply-infringement-does-too.html; Robert F.Worth, Online Library Wants It All, Every Book., ''New York Times'' (March 1, 2003). Neil Craven, Customs Agencies Losing Battle Against Counterfeiters, Bloomberg Businessweek (Feb. 6, 2007), available at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2007-02-16/customs-agencies-losing-battle-against-counterfeiters; https://www.economist.com/business/2010/03/04/knock-offs-catch-on.</ref>
== Education and career ==
Mostert was educated at Columbia University School of Law in New York City and the University of Johannesburg.<ref>WIPO: World Intellectual Property Association - Biographical Data, Frederick Mostert, available at https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/amc/en/domains/panel/profiles/mostert-frederick.pdf</ref> He is a member of the New York Bar and a solicitor of England and Wales. He has practised corporate law at Shearman and Sterling and international intellectual property law at Fross, Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu in New York.<ref name="bird">{{Cite web |title=International Comparative Legal Guides |url=https://iclg.com/news/10726-bird-and-bird-takes-on-trademark-talent-in-london-ip-practice |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=International Comparative Legal Guides International Business Reports |language=en}}</ref>
== Pro bono ==
Some of Mostert's most notable pro bono legal assistance has been provided to President Nelson Mandela (South Africa), and the Shaolin Monks (China).
== Awards ==
Mostert was inducted into the Intellectual Property Hall of Fame in 2015, which honours those who have helped to establish intellectual property as one of the key business assets of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederick Mostert |url=https://www.iphalloffame.com/frederick_mostert/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=iphalloffame.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He received a Teaching Excellence Award<ref name=":1" /> from King's College for 2017/18.
He was awarded a Life Achievement Award by the Global Legal Post,<ref name="global">{{Cite web |title=Richemont GC wins 'Lifetime Achievement' award |url=https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/richemont-gc-wins-39lifetime-achievement39-award-83315761 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.globallegalpost.com |language=en}}</ref> a Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Trademark Review,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brand-management/wtr-industry-awards-2016-shortlisted-teams-and-individuals-revealed|title=WTR Industry Awards 2016: shortlisted teams and individuals revealed|last=|first=|date=28 April 2016|website=World Trademark Review|publisher=World Trademark Review|access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> the Paul A. Welter Award for Excellence in Trademarks<ref>Dr. Frederick Mostert receives Paul A. Welter Award for Excellence in Trademark Law, available at http://web.wmitchell.edu/news/2012/10/dr-frederick-mostert-receives-paul-a-welter-award-for-excellence-in-trademark-law/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718014238/http://web.wmitchell.edu/news/2012/10/dr-frederick-mostert-receives-paul-a-welter-award-for-excellence-in-trademark-law/ |date=2014-07-18 }}.</ref> and the World Leaders IP Award for the Best IP Achievement undertaken on a Pro-Bono Basis and Best Achievement in IP Management.<ref>Patent World Magazine, available at http://www.i-law.com/ilaw/doc/view.htm?id=6409.</ref>
== Board service ==
Mostert has served on Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA's Board, as well as the boards of Net-a-Porter, The International Trademark Association, The Walpole Group,<ref name="wal"/> and others.<ref name=bird/> At present he serves on the board of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, the Adopt a School Trust, and is a member of Classics for All and Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
In addition, he has served on advisory boards including the Industry Advisory Commission of the World Intellectual Property Organization (UN Agency, Geneva),<ref name="iac">{{Cite web |title=Industry Advisory Commission List of Members |url=https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/prdocs/1999/wipo_pr_1999_196a.html |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.wipo.int |language=en}}</ref> the advisory board of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (Brussels), the McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property (San Francisco), the Art and Science Foundation (New York), and Freedom under Law.
At present he also serves on the editorial board of the Oxford University Press's Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, the advisory panel of the Intellectual Property Magazine and has served on the editorial board of The Trademark Reporter.
== Personal ==
Mostert lives in London and is married to the novelist, Natasha Mostert.<ref name="nm">{{Cite web |title=Natasha Mosterts Biography |url=https://www.natashamostert.com/about/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.natashamostert.com}}</ref>
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