11/12/2025 1:21:30 PM Premier Inn’s “Rest easy” endline found not to infringe in latest easyGroup battle By Fred Cascarini The High Court found no infringement of easyGroup’s registered marks by Premier Inn’s use of the “Rest easy” endlineUse of the endline...
11/10/2025 8:35:24 AM “Stocking” goods: CJEU has confirmed the cross-border reach of trade marks By Manuel Kröller On 1 August 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Case C-76/24 Tradeinn Retail Services S.L....
11/4/2025 3:18:57 PM Stability AI defeats Getty Images’ copyright claims in first of its kind dispute before the High Court in London By Toby Bond Nick Aries William Wortley Zoe Fuller Sam Triggs Tristan Sherliker +3 more... Show less In a landmark judgment handed down on 4 November 2025, the UK High Court has largely dismissed Getty Images' claims against Stability AI,...
10/14/2025 9:27:38 AM Report of Trade Mark Cases For the CIPA Journal September 2025 By Katharine Stephens Nick Cowen Naji Tilley Mohinder Nagra +1 more... Show less We report on the Court of Appeal’s decision in easyGroup v Easy Live (Services), where easyGroup’s appeal was allowed in part, finding...
10/6/2025 7:30:40 AM Landmark Polish ruling: Prosecco’s protected designation of origin infringed by cosmetics brand By Marta Koremba Mateusz Zuk Michal Liszka EU law provides strong protection for geographical indications, including protected designations of origin (PDOs). This protection...
9/22/2025 2:45:59 PM Recent Trade Mark Decisions in Hong Kong: Insights on Bad Faith Invalidations By Nicholle Yu The Hong Kong Trade Marks Registry has issued two decisions in early 2025 that demonstrate the Registry’s approach to invalidating...
9/16/2025 10:15:37 AM CJEU: No National Application of Forfeiture of Rights for Trade Mark Injunctions By Nina Dorenbosch In its recent ruling about two conflicting DRACULA trade marks, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) seems to have driven...
8/11/2025 7:30:42 AM One Step Too Far? – A Singapore Perspective on the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Iconix v Dream Pairs By Pin-Ping Oh Marcus Hoh The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has just handed down its highly anticipated judgment in the case of Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream...
7/9/2025 2:33:07 PM Never again clueless: Understanding the title right for a work of art under German law By Rick Wendler When we think about intellectual property, many people immediately picture trade marks for goods or services and patents for inventions....
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...
5/22/2025 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...
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...
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,...
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...