29 Aug, 2023 Company Name Tribunal Actions: A Review of Defended Actions in the first half of 2023 By Thomas Hooper Carina Rodriguez If a company registers an identical or similar company name in the UK with Companies House, then submitting a complaint with the Company...
06 Jul, 2023 IPEC upholds passing off claim in anti-aging skincare product case By Heidi Hurdle Skincare company YNNY brought claims against an ex-supplier for passing off and copyright infringement, as well as malicious falsehood...
26 Jun, 2023 Generative AI considerations for brand creators and owners By Robert Milligan Robert Milligan of Bird & Bird explains the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI for brand creators and owners, and...
19 Jun, 2023 Challenges in protecting and enforcing Intellectual Property in the African continent By Daniel Anti A previous article looked at the growing importance of intellectual property (IP) in Africa (see here). In this article we consider some...
20 Apr, 2023 Lidl claims long-awaited victory in battle with Tesco over Clubcard logo By Ewan Grist Heidi Hurdle On 19 April 2023, UK High Court Judge Joanna Smith handed down the long-awaited judgment in the battle between the two supermarket...
05 Jan, 2023 Copyright of streamers on Twitch and its relationship with traditional media By Sorin Vilceanu This article covers the copyright of streamers on Twitch, and aims to resolve the question of whether, and under what circumstances, it...
03 Oct, 2022 Online copyright infringement: Belgian summary procedure targets primary infringers and intermediaries By Camille Vanpeteghem Due to the widespread nature and fast pace of the online world, rightsholders often incur difficulties combating online copyright...