Paddington Bear may be well known as an amiable character but a dispute over merchandising revenue has revealed some hidden tensions

Exciting news for IP litigants in the UK! The costs caps at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) will increase, following a decision by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee. The overall costs cap for liability will increase from £50,000 to £60,000. The overall costs cap for quantum will go up from £25,000 to £30,000. The Committee also amended the stage caps, and said that the consistent application of VAT needed to be considered holistically. The caps have not bee

Successful claimants in litigation in the UK can normally choose between (i) an account of profits and (ii) an inquiry as to damages. But what happens if you choose one of these options, and then change your mind? This question was addressed in the recent judgment of His Honour Judge Hacon in the IPEC (Fit Kitchen Ltd & Anor v Scratch Meals Ltd & Ors). Back in 2020, he found in favour of Fit Kitchen on trade mark infringement and passing off claims, based on its UK trade mark

The question of whether a trade mark infringement case should be transferred from or to the IP Enterprise Court (IPEC) remains a key question. This case concerned a transfer from the High Court (Shorter Trials Scheme) to the IPEC (Lappet Manufacturing Company Ltd & Anor v Rassam & Ors). The case concerns the alleged infringement of three trade marks for yashmaghs (head shawls). The claimants, Lappet and another company, brought the action in the High Court‘s new Shorter Trial

In a blog post last year, we reported on the IPEC judgment in Wirex v Cryptocarbon Global concerning infringement of the trade mark CRYPTOBACK. Following that decision, Wirex elected for an inquiry as to damages. The defendants failed to respond promptly to that action, then abused the court process by resisting the joinder of a fifth defendant and did not pay costs ordered by the court. They also launched unsuccessful applications to appeal the Court’s orders, and maintained