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

Rosie Burbidge
Jan 22, 20232 min read
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Is Amazon liable for ads from third-party sellers?
Ecommerce may be transformed by an EU decision about who is responsible for ads on Amazon by third-party sellers for infringing goods

Rosie Burbidge
Jan 6, 20232 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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MISTER CHEF v MASTERCHEF: Where is the line for conceptual similarity?
MISTER CHEF is not conceptually similar to MASTERCHEF says the High Court in an appeal from the UKIPO

Rosie Burbidge
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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