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UNITED KINGDOM   Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence UK-based AI software developer opposed the use of “App BUILDER”,...

Is the HALLOUMI trade mark distinctive? The UK High Court very recently looked at this question. It emphasised the importance of...

A hard-fought battle over the right to use the “FANATICS” mark in Australia for clothing and retail services has been won at first...

Canada Goose sought to register a figurative mark comprising 16 representations of geese for Class 25 goodsThe EUIPO examiner rejected...

If a company registers an identical or similar company name in the UK with Companies House, submitting a complaint with the Company Names...

How strict are the requirements for proving acquired distinctiveness throughout the EU? This question has been bothering trade mark...

Case reference – Italian Supreme Court, Giovanni Acanfora + alter vs Legea S.r.l., decision n. 10637/24, 19 April 2024 Summary In a...

By PI order of December 27, 2023, the IP Specialized Division of the Court of Rome provided some interesting remarks regarding the...

Non-English words are increasingly used by Australian companies to market goods and services. In February, Justice Charlesworth of the...

A challenge by 7-Eleven has seen Seven lose its Australian registered trade mark for “7NOW” for the vast majority of goods and services...

rthurOn December 15, 2023, the Court of Appeal dismissed Samsung’s appeal of a High Court decision which held the tech giant liable for...

To what extent can product packaging be an illicit look-alike of a competitor’s product packaging?  A ruling by the Court of Turin...

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...

With sustainability and green claims being a key focus for many brands globally, the number of “green filings” has risen exponentially as...

On 23 February 2024, five judges of the Federal Court of Australia overturned an award of damages against an e-marketplace provider,...

In a case centred around the iconic Dutch biscuit  – the stroopwafel – the highest trademark court of the Benelux recently gave some...