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...
3/4/2025 10:26:12 AM Supreme Court to rule on post-sale confusion in trade mark infringement cases By Ewan Grist Supreme Court judgments in IP cases are normally few and far between, but we’ve been spoiled recently with decisions on targeting,...
2/24/2025 12:28:37 PM When a mark’s reputation precedes it: considerations for owners of reputable brands By Zyan Yang For most business owners, building a strong brand reputation would be desirable. One may even be tempted into thinking that brand...
2/17/2025 8:30:00 AM Virtually the same? Trade marks for virtual goods and services can be assessed like their ‘real’ equivalents (EU General Court) By Naji Tilley In Case T-1163/23 Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH v EUIPO (11 December 2024), the EU General Court upheld a refusal to register an EU trade...
2/13/2025 8:56:03 AM Canada's CIPO Launches Pilot Project to Enforce Section 45 of the Trade Marks Act: What It Means for Trade Mark Owners By Paola Ruggiero Sara Consorti The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has launched a pilot project aimed at randomly executing Section 45 of the Canadian...
1/20/2025 3:40:56 PM STOP PRESS: Court of Appeal rules in Thatcher’s favour in lookalike lemon cider battle By Tristan Sherliker Earlier today the Court of Appeal published its much anticipated judgment in the high profile dispute between Thatchers and Aldi over...