What happens when two parties cannot agree about the interpretation of an IP licence agreement? This question was recently examined by...

The Court of Appeal recently found that a company which had acquired the BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB trade marks was bound by an arbitration...

China has been steadily overhauling its IP system for well over a decade. Last week, in the latest development, China joined WIPO’s Hague...

The unitary patent represents the biggest change to the IP landscape in Europe since the Community Trade Mark (now EUTM). Even if you’re...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a call for views on the designs system. It says this will “help us better...

In short, yes: the UK courts can grant a pan-EU injunction in proceedings that were pending on 31 December 2020, the day the UK left the...

A legal action for unjustified threats is a serious risk that trade mark owners run when making allegations of infringement, including by...

There was not a lot of excitement in 2021 but one IP highlight concerned the ongoing Original Beauty v G4K saga. We first wrote about...

Trade mark infringement, honest concurrent use and so-called “moribund marks” were the focus of an interim decision in a case concerning...

The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling by HHJ Hacon in the IPEC (first covered on the blog here) that copyright in a number of literary...

Nintendo was granted an early Christmas present by the Honourable Mrs Justice Joanna Smith DBE - a website blocking order (Nintendo Co...

The latest Luxury Law Jurisdictional Comparison Guide has been released. The Guide provides jurisdictional-specific answers and insights...

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...

The estate of JRR Tolkien recovered the domain name jrrtoken.com, from the owner of a crytpo website

The answer to this question, in the UK at least, now appears to be "no". The UK Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by an individual to...

In the United Kingdom it is not a requirement for a trade mark or design licence to be registered at the UK Intellectual Property Office...

What connects Leonardo Da Vinci, a Christmas miracle and the possible award of exemplary damages? The answer lies in a recent High Court...

When can component parts of a product be protected as unregistered Community designs (UCDs)? The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)...

We recently reported on the Litecoin case where an application to register a trade mark was found to constitute passing off (see blog...

Good news for anyone with international trade mark plans On 28 September, 2021, the United Arab Emirates Government and WIPO announced...

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...

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...

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...

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...