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When are data and documents protected by legal privilege in the UK?
A purchase of sports rights agencies led to complex questions of when legal privilege arises

Rosie Burbidge
Jan 30, 20233 min read
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What constitutes "use" of a domain name?
A case about rival builders and insulated timber framed panels had a bit of everything: patent & copyright infringement, passing off...

Rosie Burbidge
Jan 29, 20233 min read
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Can a country name be registered as a trade mark?
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

Rosie Burbidge
Dec 22, 20224 min read
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A year in blogs - bad faith, NFTs, TV characters, colour marks, damages & more...
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

Rosie Burbidge
Dec 22, 20225 min read
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How to interpret an IP royalty audit clause?
Paddington Bear may be well known as an amiable character but a dispute over merchandising revenue has revealed some hidden tensions

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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