Rosie BurbidgeAug 31, 20222 min readHow do you assess unfair advantage?The High Court has upheld a UK IPO finding that the registration of a UK trade mark for RED DAWG should be refused under Section 5(3) of...
Rosie BurbidgeJan 12, 20222 min readWhen is purchasing an old trade mark a good idea?Trade mark infringement, honest concurrent use and so-called “moribund marks” were the focus of an interim decision in a case concerning...
Rosie BurbidgeDec 8, 20214 min readWhat do recent EU trade mark and design judgments mean for the UK?Although EU law is no longer binding on the UK, in practice, the laws remain the same and what happens in the EU courts will continue to...
Rosie BurbidgeNov 26, 20212 min readHow Tolkein's estate reclaimed a copycat crypto domain nameThe estate of JRR Tolkien recovered the domain name jrrtoken.com, from the owner of a crytpo website
Rosie BurbidgeNov 5, 20212 min readFind out why trade mark clearance is importantWe recently reported on the Litecoin case where an application to register a trade mark was found to constitute passing off (see blog...