2/26/2025 10:05:49 PM The relevance of a crowded market and coexistence agreements when determining the likelihood of confusion between brands By Sarah Husslein This material was first published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, in...
2/26/2025 12:56:30 PM Trade Marks on the road By Sarah Husslein Ian Gruselle Angelica Martellato Highlights: Automotive sector trade mark decisions in 2024 Before we shift 2025 into second gear, and accelerate towards the journey...
2/12/2025 10:31:20 AM Trade mark dispute over use of baseball Future Stars By Simon Clark Sony Interactive goes to trial this month in the US in a trade mark dispute over their baseball video game MLB: The Show, which has been...
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)...