Jan 27, 2023 UKIPO clarifies address for service requirements for overseas applicants By Stephanie Taylor The UKIPO has now clarified its approach regarding the requirement to have a UK address for service with the publication of Tribunal...
Nov 10, 2022 Copyright infringement class action against Microsoft, Open AI and GitHub concerning Co-pilot AI tool By Toby Headdon Anneke Pol Toby Crick A class action has been filed against, among others, Microsoft, Open AI and GitHub in the US District Court for the Northern District of...
Oct 21, 2022 Do algorithms dream of electric sheep? By Toby Headdon If this title has caught your attention, then I expect that - like me - you are a fan of Ridley Scott's epic 1982 film, Blade Runner....
Oct 19, 2022 Louis Vuitton fails to convince on acquired distinctiveness By Stephanie Taylor The General Court of the European Union has upheld the EU IPO Board of Appeal's decision to reject the evidence filed by Louis Vuitton as...
Aug 15, 2022 HOUSE OF ZANA held not to be confusingly similar with ZARA By Stephanie Taylor The UK IPO has confirmed that the trade marks HOUSE OF ZANA and ZARA are not similar, in a recent opposition decision. Whilst the words...
Jul 01, 2022 The CMA shines a light on RPM By Maria Ryan A fine of £1.5 million has been issued against Dar Lighting Limited (‘Dar’), a UK-based supplier of domestic lighting, for engaging in...
Jun 29, 2022 CARIAD - is love registrable? By Stephanie Taylor The UK IPO's decision to register the word CARIAD for candles in class 4 has been criticised by another manufacturer of candles, on the...
May 18, 2022 The proposed EU Data Act and the sui generis database right By Toby Headdon This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 17 May 2022. What does the proposal for the EU Data Act mean for the planned revision...
May 12, 2022 DCMS 'Influencer Culture' report calls for urgent reforms of advertising regulations in relation to social media By Sara Sefton On 9 May 2022, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee published its report 'Influencer Culture: Lights, Camera,...
Apr 28, 2022 The Great E-Scrape: US Court reaffirms that web scraping is not contrary to the US’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act By Jake Palmer On 18 April, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded in hiQ Labs, Inc. v LinkedIn Corp. that LinkedIn cannot prevent hiQ...
Apr 06, 2022 Ed Sheeran gets it (copy)right in Shape of You battle By Dhara Mulumudi Ed Sheeran has won a High Court copyright battle over his immensely successful 2017 hit, Shape of You.The ruling, which was handed down...
Mar 09, 2022 Ed’s hearin’: Ed Sheeran appears (and sings) in High Court to defend copyright claim By Jake Palmer Ed Sheeran appeared in London’s High Court on Monday to defend a claim from songwriters Sami Chokri (whose stage name is Sami Switch) and...