6/27/2025 8:59:51 AM Trade marks and GIs: an important decision from the General Court of the European Union By Giovanni Galimberti Cristiana Andreotta Rita Tardiolo Rachele Macor Alessandro Sciarra +2 more... Show less On June 25, 2025 the General Court of the European Union delivered its highly anticipated ruling in the «NERO CHAMPAGNE» case (T‑239/23)....
6/26/2025 10:14:02 AM The A3 Case: the EU Trade Mark Court of Alicante finds infringement of EU trade marks in online referencing services By David Fuentes The EU Trade Mark Court of Alicante has held that an advertisement containing third-party trade marks, in the context of keyword...
6/24/2025 9:24:02 AM Dream Pairs in Dream Land: post-sale confusion can be a basis for infringement….but not on the facts of this case By Ewan Grist Louise Sargeant This case involved the question of whether the well known UMBRO logo (the “668 Mark” below left) owned by Iconix was infringed under...
6/16/2025 9:25:06 AM Parallel trade: who bears the burden of proof? By Nina Dorenbosch In its recent decision in the case Coty v Easycosmetic, the District Court The Hague shed some further light on the EU system of trade...
5/30/2025 9:41:45 AM Parallel imports: UK government decides on permanent regime By Heidi Hurdle Earlier this month, the UK government announced its long-awaited decision on the future exhaustion regime for intellectual property (IP)...
5/22/2025 1:25:55 PM Another Trade Mark Chukka for Beverly Hills Polo Club By April Parker Background Lifestyle Equities, owner of the BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB marks, made headlines last year with their battle against the Royal...
5/8/2025 2:00:29 PM Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in fast-food franchise trade mark dispute By Emily Mason The defendants appealed the High Court decision that they had infringed Morley’s marks and that one of the defendants had breached the...
5/7/2025 8:00:01 AM The relevance of unregistered trade marks and the requirements of prior use: the Italian Courts reaffirm the basic principles By Pietro Dettori In a recent decision involving anonymised parties, the Court of Appeal of L’Aquila dealt with unregistered trade marks and recalled the...
4/29/2025 8:00:57 AM F1's legal races off-track: Spanish trade mark cases as the 2025 season revs up By Daniel Córdoba As the 2025 Formula 1 season kicks off, fans worldwide watch with bated breath: will Lando Norris finally become World Champion? Will the...
4/28/2025 9:09:37 AM Trade mark practice in the age of Artificial Intelligence By Manuel Kröller Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming various sectors. One pressing IP issue is copyright. Do AI work products that are...
4/15/2025 7:30:00 AM "Stocking" goods: Advocate General opinion dives into territorial and conceptual questions By Naji Tilley Advocate General Spielmann has provided guidance on the territorial and conceptual scope of the infringing act of "stocking" goods...
4/3/2025 2:41:57 PM How tariffs can impact the trade mark landscape By Daniel Anti The latest round of tariffs announced by the US at the White House Rose Garden on 2 April 2025 has sent ripples across various...
4/3/2025 1:21:42 PM Well colour me happy! Shade thrown on "pedantry" over colourful figurative marks (IPEC) By Naji Tilley On 11 March 2025, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) issued its decision in Babek International Ltd v Iceland Foods Ltd...
4/3/2025 10:19:59 AM Scrummy Trade Mark Battle Ends in Defeat for Opponent By Thomas Hooper Introduction This case concerns a trade mark opposition filed by Scrummy Tummies Ltd (the “opponent”) against an application by That’s...
4/2/2025 10:00:14 AM Brand consolidation: when less is more? By Ciara Hughes Stripping back a crowded portfolio of brands can appeal from a costs and brand messaging perspective, but it is important to have a...
3/6/2025 4:40:25 PM Company Name Tribunal Actions: A Review of most recent Defended Actions By Thomas Hooper If a company registers an identical or similar company name in the UK with Companies House, submitting a complaint with the Company Names...