Rosie Burbidge
What do you need to do before picking a new brand name?
The risk of not doing any kind of trade mark search before launching a new business was clear in a recent IPEC case in which His Honour...
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Rosie Burbidge
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
What is required for a successful moral rights claim?
Moral rights disputes don’t come to court very often, so Mrs Justice O’Farrell’s judgment in The Front Door (UK) Lt (t/a Richard Reid...
Rosie Burbidge
- Sep 15, 2021
- 4 min
Why is easyGroup usually successful in trade mark proceedings (& why did it recently lose)?
easyGroup, which owns the IP rights for companies such as easyJet and easyHotel, has been active, and largely successful, in bringing...
Rosie Burbidge
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
LITECOIN - crypto trade mark application is passing off
An application to register a trade mark can constitute passing off, according to a recent judgment by Deputy High Court Judge John...
Rosie Burbidge
- Jul 3, 2021
- 2 min
Can using a variant of your own name still be passing off?
Passing off in the jewellery world can be a challenge - particularly where first names are used in connection with a business. This claim...
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