Marriott's DELTA trade mark appeal shows how hard it is to overturn first instance UKIPO decisions

Alaska Airlines must continue to pay royalties to the Virgin Group due under a trade mark licence even if it no longer uses the brand name

A registered design infringement case about light up gin bottles with integrated gold flakes is a step forward for UK registered designs

Is the Bitcoin file format capable of protection as a copyright work?

NY jury awards luxury brand Hermès $133,000 in damages re MetaBirkin NFT collection sold by digital artist Mason Rothschild

Tesco values the Paperchase brand and related IP rights. Find out how approach can work as part of a wider business strategy

The repackaging of parallel imports of medicinal products is a fraught area of trade mark disputes. A Danish court referred seven questions

If UKIPO holds a non-UK address, before serving any documents, UKIPO will give one month to provide a UK address for service

Sussex wine became the latest UK geographical indication (GI) to be registered in June 2022. GI status is available to wine in the region

Find out about two recent changes to the protection of well known trade marks in the UK

Getty Images recently announced that it has launched copyright infringement proceedings in the High Court in London against Stability AI.

A purchase of sports rights agencies led to complex questions of when legal privilege arises

A case about rival builders and insulated timber framed panels had a bit of everything: patent & copyright infringement, passing off...

This is a family dispute about control of a trade mark for "Legea" for sports goods. E.g. who can terminate an assignment?

Ecommerce may be transformed by an EU decision about who is responsible for ads on Amazon by third-party sellers for infringing goods

In December 2016, I wrote a post for the IPKat blog about a dispute over the ICELAND trade mark. Six years on, we now have two EU decisions

MISTER CHEF is not conceptually similar to MASTERCHEF says the High Court in an appeal from the UKIPO

The proposal for a revised Regulation and Directive on designs was adopted on 28 November 2022! Next step: European Parliament

Two EU General Court judgments on unconventional trade marks (Jet washer tips and smiley faced chips) led to two different outcomes.

From bad faith trade marks to NFTs as goods (or services?), this post recaps the top 10 most popular blogposts of the year (and highlights

A November 2022 judgment in the English High Court addressed the interesting question of the interaction between the Human Rights Act and...

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

When is a registered design “solely dictated by its technical function”? And how relevant is the existence of a prior patent?

The EU General Court has upheld a finding of no likelihood of confusion between an EU trade mark for Shoppi (figurative, pictured) and...