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Jan 25, 20183 min read

Bad faith confirmed for ALEXANDER trade mark application

A recent decision of Geoffrey Hobbs QC, sitting as an Appointed Person, has rejected an appeal against the Hearing Officer's decision to...

Nov 27, 20172 min read

Clash of the beer pongs - Breakthrough Funding Ltd v Nearby Media Ltd

A recent High Court decision (Breakthrough Funding v Nearby Media [2017] EWHC 2271 ch) follows on from an interim injunction which was...

Oct 30, 20173 min read

Trade mark use dispute? You can ABANKA on it

Abanka DD v Abanca Corporacion Bancaria SA [2017] EWHC 2428 is a recent High Court appeal from the UK's Intellectual Property Office. It...

Sep 13, 20173 min read

Schweppes = Schweppes - Two trade marks with different owners

The rules surrounding parallel goods in the European Economic Area (EEA) may at first seem straightforward - once a product has been...

Jun 29, 20174 min read

Simplifying Community Registered Design litigation in the UK - Spin Master v PMS

Although it is a case management decision, there are so many hints in the recent decision Spin Master v PMS [2017] EWHC 1477 (Pat) that...

Jun 27, 20172 min read

Injunction available after claimed licence fees paid - PPL v JJPB

Should an injunction be granted when the licence fees which were the reason for a claim being issued have all been paid? What about if...

Jun 23, 20173 min read

BMW wins appeal over use of trade mark to promote spare parts business

Spare parts and intellectual property have a long and complicated history, particularly as far as the car industry is concerned. A...

May 14, 20175 min read

Dining out on trade marks - ZUMA - the own name defence for pets and groundless threats

Azumi Ltd v Zuma's Choice Pet Products Ltd [2017] EWHC 609 is a case about a dog's purpose. That dog is called Zuma. Zuma the dog...

May 1, 20173 min read

Protecting the SOVEREIGN - The Royal Mint v The Commonwealth Mint

Can the Royal Mint register SOVEREIGN as a trade mark for "gold commemorative coins"? The Royal Mint Ltd wanted to but the Commonwealth...

Apr 10, 20173 min read

Overturning a trade mark opposition decision - SOULUXE - likelihood of confusion

A mere four days after Arnold J's IWATCH decision, Mann J handed down his decision in another appeal from the hearing officer. This time...

Feb 12, 20174 min read

Playing Polo with potential defendants

Beverly Hills is famous for many things, including the activities of a vacationing policeman and - to a slightly lesser extent - its Polo...

Dec 31, 20165 min read

Jaguar Land Rover DEFEND[ER]s its trade mark

The last Land Rover Defender rolled off the production line in January 2016, after almost 70 years it had been the longest-running...

Dec 28, 20164 min read

The champagne of trade mark disputes

It is time for some seasonal trade mark fizz. This time around the question of consent to use a trade mark. This dispute has it all, polo...

Dec 24, 20167 min read

A TITANIC trade mark dispute

It has been nearly 20 years since Titanic hit cinemas worldwide and slightly more than 100 since the eponymous ocean liner hit an...

Dec 20, 20165 min read

Groundless threats - Nvidia v Hardware Labs

Groundless threats is one of IP's thorny issues which the IPKat most recently considered in the context of the UK Government's plans for...

Dec 12, 20163 min read

Part 36 offers in the IP Enterprise Court

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been grabbing the headlines in recent weeks and it is easy to forget that the last six or so years...