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    How should an IP licence agreement be interpreted?
    • Feb 27
    • 2 min

    How should an IP licence agreement be interpreted?

    What happens when two parties cannot agree about the interpretation of an IP licence agreement? This question was recently examined by...
    What do you think of the UK designs system?
    • Feb 27
    • 2 min

    What do you think of the UK designs system?

    The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a call for views on the designs system. It says this will “help us better...
    What's the risk of filing a takedown notice?
    • Jan 29
    • 2 min

    What's the risk of filing a takedown notice?

    A legal action for unjustified threats is a serious risk that trade mark owners run when making allegations of infringement, including by...
    When can Parts of a Ferrari be protected as Unregistered Designs?
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    When can Parts of a Ferrari be protected as Unregistered Designs?

    When can component parts of a product be protected as unregistered Community designs (UCDs)? The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)...
    Therapists go to court over ARCHANGEL ALCHEMY mark
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    Therapists go to court over ARCHANGEL ALCHEMY mark

    We recently reported on the Litecoin case where an application to register a trade mark was found to constitute passing off (see blog...
    The United Arab Emirates to join the Madrid System
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    The United Arab Emirates to join the Madrid System

    Good news for international trade mark filing! On 28 September, 2021, the United Arab Emirates Government and WIPO announced that the UAE...
    'Green' trade marks on the rise
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    'Green' trade marks on the rise

    We’ve all become more conscious of climate change and other environmental issues over the past 25 years – and that can be seen in the...
    Unreasonable behaviour leads to IPEC costs award
    • Oct 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Unreasonable behaviour leads to IPEC costs award

    In early 2021, Deputy High Court Judge David Stone (sitting in the IP Enterprise Court, IPEC) in a dispute over the use of the name...
    A rotten judgment for John Lydon
    • Oct 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    A rotten judgment for John Lydon

    Who has the power to control the use of the Sex Pistols IP rights? That was essentially the question decided by Sir Anthony Mann in Jones...
    Rare defeat for easyGroup
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Rare defeat for easyGroup

    easyGroup, which owns the IP rights for companies such as easyJet and easyHotel, has been active, and largely successful, in bringing...
    Court of Appeal divided over disclosure
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Court of Appeal divided over disclosure

    Can confidential discussions between parties in the UK be disclosed in parallel litigation in the US? The Court of Appeal was divided on...
    Speedy justice in design case
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Speedy justice in design case

    In what may be a record for an IP case in the UK, the trial in Lutec (UK) Ltd & Ors v Cascade Holdings Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 1907 (Pat)...
    Descriptive marks beware: Judge rejects Oatly trade mark case
    • Sep 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Descriptive marks beware: Judge rejects Oatly trade mark case

    Oatly has hit a brick wall in its attempt to stop third parties from selling oat milk using the word "OAT" plus the letter "Y". A...
    Cheers to a rare EAGLE trade mark decision
    • Sep 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Cheers to a rare EAGLE trade mark decision

    This Court of Appeal decision is a helpful reminder that a lack of evidence of actual confusion is not necessarily fatal to a finding of...
    SKY brings good news for broad trade marks
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    SKY brings good news for broad trade marks

    A common trade mark filing strategy in the UK and EU is to file a broad trade mark specification. A broad specification makes enforcement...
    Mwah! Lipstick shape registered as EU trade mark
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    Mwah! Lipstick shape registered as EU trade mark

    In a decision likely to be welcomed by owners of 3D trade marks, the EU General Court has ruled that the shape of Guerlain’s Rouge G...
    MILEY CYRUS gets name mark through in EU
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    MILEY CYRUS gets name mark through in EU

    A recent decision of the EU General Court looks like good news for celebrities. The singer Miley Cyrus had applied to register her name...
    Wonder Woman comes down to earth
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Wonder Woman comes down to earth

    The UK IPO, at least, seems resistant to Wonder Woman’s superpowers, after it rejected DC Comics’ opposition to a trade mark application...
    Check before you threaten, warns HHJ Clarke
    • Jul 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    Check before you threaten, warns HHJ Clarke

    There’s rarely been a better example of the risks of launching litigation without careful consideration than the recent IPEC decision in...
    What happened to Colin the Caterpillar & what does it mean for your brand?
    • Jul 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    What happened to Colin the Caterpillar & what does it mean for your brand?

    We take legal research very seriously - in order to fully understand the implications of the most tasty dispute of the year, Colin vs...
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