1/21/2025 2:05:31 PM In fashion: Biologically engineered luxury goods By Laura Harwood Camille Beckmann As with most industries, sustainability has become a key focus for the fashion and luxury goods industry. In recent years, this has led...
1/20/2025 5:27:01 PM Rapid Reaction - Thatchers v Aldi - Aldi loses on appeal as Court of Appeal overturns IPEC decision in lookalike cider case By Marc Linsner In a significant decision that will be warmly welcomed by brand owners in their continued fight against lookalike products, the Court of...
1/20/2025 10:04:08 AM The Riyadh design law treaty – an important milestone in the history of the industrial design protection By Jérôme Coulonvaux In a recent article, we examined the EU design legislative reform and how it will impact the legal system for design protection in the EU...
1/16/2025 2:17:39 PM “Cold Palmer”: is the conversation about image rights about to heat up? By Sebastian Stewart In June 2023, I wrote about the lack of clear legal protection for individual image rights in the UK, highlighting the resulting...
12/4/2024 2:33:54 PM VETSURE v PETSURE – Second Cat-tempt By Hafsa Babar Kyrana Hulstein Hafsa Babar and Kyrana Hulstein, ‘VETSURE v PETSURE – Second Cat-tempt: TVIS Limited v Howserv Services Limited & Others [2024] EWCA Civ...
11/26/2024 3:30:56 PM SkyKick: What should trade mark owners do now? By Sean Ibbetson You can tell a trade mark dispute is more significant than average when it reaches the Supreme Court (after more than eight years of...
11/13/2024 2:05:57 PM SkyKick v Sky: guidance on what constitutes bad faith and how this may impact on trade mark filing strategies. By Stephanie Taylor The Supreme Court has today handed down the long awaited decision in the case of SkyKick UK Ltd ("SkyKick") and another (Appellants) v...
11/11/2024 1:08:49 PM Competition law guidance on designing and implementing selective distribution schemes By Francion Brooks The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has provided guidance on the application of competition law to selective distribution arrangements...
11/6/2024 5:01:31 PM European Court of Justice rules on copyright protection for non-EU works of applied art By Marc Linsner In a significant ruling the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Kwantum Nederland and another v Vitra Collections AG (Case C-227/23)...
11/6/2024 3:02:52 PM Establishing a reputation in the EU, a defeat for Diego Maradona on the trade mark pitch By Sarah Husslein On 5 November, the EUIPO issued two decisions in opposition proceedings [Sattvica S.A v. Global Royal Empire FZ-LLC - Opposition Division...
10/24/2024 3:08:33 PM The digital age for EU designs By Jérôme Coulonvaux An overview of the EU design legislative reform and the main changes for the design protection regime The design protection regime is...
9/25/2024 12:14:29 PM Thank you for the .music By Simon Clark One of the most anticipated generic top-level domains (gTLD) in recent times will drop for general availability on 8 October 2024. This...