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...

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...

I wrote previously about the decision by Manchester United to swiftly terminate its partnership with long-term sponsor Aeroflot, the...

After expanding into the NFT market through its recent acquisition of RTFKT, a digital art and collectible creative studio, Nike has now...

M&S has Aldi firmly in its sights. On the back of the high profile passing off and trade mark proceedings concerning Aldi’s Cuthbert and...

Product placement is by no means a new or emerging form of advertising, one only has to think of James Bond and the franchise’s...

Fox is a UK-based supplier of aesthetic and cosmetic products. Teleta is a long-established wholesale trader of pharmaceutical, cosmetic,...

Fox Group International Ltd v Teleta Pharma Limited, 23 June 2021, [2021] EWHC 1714 (IPEC)A recent trade mark dispute, heard before the...

My colleague Edwin Bond and I have commented on the recent ruling by the US Court of Appeals in 1-800 Contacts v FTC. 1-800 Contacts had...

Copycat products and discount supermarkets have been a hot topic of late, with the dispute between M&S and Aldi over Aldi's alleged Colin...

Marks & Spencer has issued infringement proceedings in the High Court to protect its Colin the Caterpillar cake against Aldi's alleged...

This recent TechRadar article explores the evolution of AI technologies that could conceivably outperform humans in creative disciplines...