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...

easyGroup, which owns the IP rights for companies such as easyJet and easyHotel, has been active, and largely successful, in bringing...

The popular song Waiting All Night by the band Rudimental was not copied from a 2007 song Can You Tell Me, performed by Kelly-Marie...

Can confidential discussions between parties in the UK be disclosed in parallel litigation in the US? The Court of Appeal was divided on...

In what may be a record for an IP case in the UK, the trial in Lutec (UK) Ltd & Ors v Cascade Holdings Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 1907 (Pat)...

This Court of Appeal decision is a helpful reminder that a lack of evidence of actual confusion is not necessarily fatal to a finding of...

An application to register a trade mark can constitute passing off, according to a recent judgment by Deputy High Court Judge John...

Oatly has hit a brick wall in its attempt to stop third parties from selling oat milk using the word "OAT" plus the letter "Y". A...

A common trade mark filing strategy in the UK and EU is to file a broad trade mark specification. A broad specification makes enforcement...

In a decision likely to be welcomed by owners of 3D trade marks, the EU General Court has ruled that the shape of Guerlain’s Rouge G...

A recent decision of the EU General Court looks like good news for celebrities. The singer Miley Cyrus had applied to register her name...

The UK IPO, at least, seems resistant to Wonder Woman’s superpowers, after it rejected DC Comics’ opposition to a trade mark application...

There’s rarely been a better example of the risks of launching litigation without careful consideration than the recent IPEC decision in...

We take legal research very seriously - in order to fully understand the implications of the most tasty dispute of the year, Colin vs...

Passing off in the jewellery world can be a challenge - particularly where first names are used in connection with a business. This claim...