What will Department Stores Look Like Post Pandemic?
The pandemic has had a deadly toll on bricks and mortar retail. This has particularly affected some department stores, including the...
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Rosie Burbidge
- May 1
- 2 min
Chanel and Huawei logos are dissimilar
The EU General Court has upheld a Board of Appeal ruling in a dispute between Chanel and Huawei, finding that Huawei’s EUTM application...
Rosie Burbidge
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Satan Shoes - Nike and the devil tussle over trade mark exhaustion
Occasionally IP disputes break into the public domain. This one has to do with Nike, a famous brand, and also to do with Satan. Rosie and...
Rosie Burbidge
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Image protection in the UK and beyond
Image rights are both hugely important and a fallacy. The UK, has no specific law of "image rights" but it is possible to protect a...
Rosie Burbidge
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Brand investment pays off for Dr Martens
Dr Martens, the footwear and clothing brand that defined my teens, is launching an initial public offering (IPO) which could value the...
Rosie Burbidge
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
The last Community Design case (in the UK)
A case regarding “ballet flats” is likely the last time in which a UK court will sit as a Community Design Court, and the judgment was...
Rosie Burbidge
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
Brand extensions beware!
You take a famous car company with a well known trade mark, say Ferrari, and decide that you can get an entirely new revenue stream...