28 Oct, 2024 UK High Court Rules on Trade Mark Infringement in Athleta v Sports Group Denmark Case By Charlotte Peacock Karen Ayodele The High Court’s ruling on Athleta (ITM) Inc. v Sports Group Denmark A/S and another (2024) has once again underscored key issues on...
24 Oct, 2024 Don't Dig Your Own Grave with Bad Faith: A Trade mark Battle in Funeral Services By Andrea Vantini In the world of funeral services, the recent Taffo family trade mark dispute in Italy has drawn significant attention. The Court of Rome...
15 Oct, 2024 Ceci n’est pas a case about GI evocation (but about unfair competition!) By Rachele Macor Court of Venice ascertains that use of the words “Balsamico di…” and “Ristretto di Balsamico…”, alone or together with “aceto”, for...
18 Sep, 2024 Distinctiveness of descriptive marks - the Halloumi saga continues in the UK By Phillipus Putter Is the HALLOUMI trade mark distinctive? The UK High Court very recently looked at this question. It emphasised the importance of...
09 Sep, 2024 More Than Words: The Registrability of Non-Traditional Marks in Singapore By Lorraine Tay Alison Wan Xuan Tang Gene Kwek If I took those words away, how would you make the examiner understand, and show her that your non-traditional mark is real? ...
30 Aug, 2024 Takedown procedures in anticipation of a court decision: Proceed at your own risk! By Pava Vrhovac Case references – Paris Judicial Court, 3rd chamber, 2nd section, March 18th, 2022, n. 20/03727 ; Paris Court of Appeal, 5th division,...
05 May, 2024 International Comparative Legal Guide – Trade Marks 2024 now published! By Nick Aries Nick Aries and Dan Breen take a look at what’s ahead with the end of EU law supremacy and the impact it will have on UK trade mark law...
25 Sep, 2023 EU’s New Rules for Protecting Geographical Indications Beyond Agriculture By Romain Meys Niklas Fels The European Parliament approved new rules aimed at protecting geographical indications (“GI”) for craft and industrial products, in...
21 Jun, 2023 High Court refuses Tesco’s request to award damages instead of an injunction for copyright infringement By Ewan Grist In April 2023, as reported here: Lidl claims long-awaited victory over Tesco with Clubcard logo (brandwrites.law), the High Court...
31 May, 2023 Trade Marks: When being first on the list matters By Romain Meys Jean-Christophe Troussel Joint ownership of a trade mark may sometimes arise in the context of a joint venture or another type of collaboration. To ensure joint...
09 May, 2023 The Importance of Intellectual Property for the African Continent & why Brands should be Paying Attention By Daniel Anti There’s no doubt that Intellectual Property (IP) is a key driver in the promotion and creation of innovation, economic growth and, some...
10 Mar, 2023 IP Australia rejects India’s trade mark application for the word ‘Basmati’ By Aaron Mathew Rebecca Currey The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a part of the Indian Government’s Ministry of Commerce...
04 Jul, 2022 Geographical indication protection: Proposed Change to regulation from the EC By Sorin Vilceanu On the 13th of April 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on geographical indication protection for craft...
17 Dec, 2021 A marked challenge: why Cyprus failed in its latest Halloumi battle By Constantin Eikel The judgments handed down by the EU General Court relating to the IP safeguarding Halloumi cheese shows the limitations of relying on...