Rosie BurbidgeApr 25, 20222 minWhat is the bar for summary judgment?A recent application for summary judgment in a trade mark case in the IPEC was right on the cusp of being successful. The case was NAH...
Rosie BurbidgeMar 20, 20223 minWould you associate WONDER MUM with WONDER WOMAN?A judge in the High Court has upheld a UK IPO opposition ruling regarding Unilever’s application to register the trade mark WONDER MUM...
Rosie BurbidgeMar 20, 20223 minWhat do you need to do before picking a new brand name?The risk of not doing any kind of trade mark search before launching a new business was clear in a recent IPEC case in which His Honour...
Rosie BurbidgeFeb 17, 20222 minWhen does an arbitration clause apply to trade mark infringement proceedings?The Court of Appeal recently found that a company which had acquired the BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB trade marks was bound by an arbitration...
Rosie BurbidgeJan 29, 20222 minCan UK courts grant pan-EU injunctions in proceedings began pre-Brexit ?In short, yes: the UK courts can grant a pan-EU injunction in proceedings that were pending on 31 December 2020, the day the UK left the...