The Court of Appeal has dismissed Adidas AG’s appeal in a high-profile trade mark dispute against fashion brand Thom Browne, confirming the High Court’s decision that six of Adidas’s UK trade marks featuring three parallel stripes on garments are invalid due to lack of clarity and precision in their representations [2025] EWCA Civ 1340 . Background The case centred around 16 Adidas trade marks registered in the UK. Thom Browne sought their invalidation (or, alternatively, rev

The MARQUES panel on external factors changing our work also turned to the potential of artificial intelligence to transform trade mark practice. Dev Gangjee explored how AI could help fill gaps in the international system, improve trade mark processes, and even challenge the foundations of trade mark law

The opening panel of this year’s MARQUES conference looked at how external factors are reshaping the way we work. Speakers Dev Gangjee ...

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ( IPEC ) has issued a mixed judgment in Martin & Ors v Bodegas San Huberto SA & Ors   [2025]...