9/10/2025 3:12:31 PM Consultation on changes to the UK designs framework: a condensed summary By Toby Headdon The government has recently launched a wide ranging consultation aimed at overhauling UK design law in order to modernise the system. The...
9/9/2025 4:12:17 PM Whose Shoes Are You Wearing? Post-Sale Confusion in Iconix v Dream Pairs By Marc Linsner Kyrana Hulstein Kyrana Hulstein and Marc Linsner, ‘Whose Shoes Are You Wearing? Post-Sale Confusion in Iconix v Dream Pairs: a summary of Iconix...
8/12/2025 1:06:31 PM US injunction on the Horizon? Sony claims Tencent video game is a “slavish clone” of Sony’s Horizon series By Jake Palmer Sony is suing the Chinese corporation Tencent in a California court, claiming that Tencent’s video game “Light of Motiram” is a “slavish...
8/1/2025 11:16:44 AM CMA begins to take action on Fake Reviews By Rob Powell New rules which aim to crack down on the problem of fake or misleading reviews online came into force back in April 2025, as part of the...
7/31/2025 12:19:00 PM Generative AI in context of copyright: knowing your hypersurfaces from your stochastic parrots By Toby Headdon The European Parliament’s Policy Department for Justice, Civil Liberties and Institutional Affairs has prepared a briefing entitled...
7/22/2025 8:27:22 AM Sports Brands: French Football Federation Wins Rooster Fight By Sarah Husslein This material was first published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, in...
7/21/2025 3:58:15 PM Stop Killing Games: EU and UK petitions reach signatory milestones By Luca Cericola Rob Powell The Stop Killing Games (SKG) EU petition has surpassed the requisite signatory threshold for it to be considered by the European...
7/10/2025 11:18:34 AM Drafting a copyright policy for the EU AI Act? See the new EU AI Act Code of Practice By Toby Headdon The final version of the EU AI Act Code of Practice for General Purpose AI Models has been released. There are three chapters, namely (1)...
7/2/2025 4:17:28 PM Anthropic, fair use of copyright books, and memorisation By Toby Headdon In a summary judgment order, the US District Court for the Northern District of California considered the use of copyright works by...
6/30/2025 12:18:30 PM The UKIPO provides guidance to trade mark applicants following the SkyKick decision By Stephanie Taylor The UKIPO has updated PAN 1/25 to provide guidance to applicants following the judgment in the SkyKick v Sky decision which was issued by...
6/26/2025 11:49:41 AM CITMA Review July 2025: Freeze frame By Jessica des Landes This article was first published by The Chartered Institute of Trade Marks Attorney. Key points The High Court discharged a freezing...
6/24/2025 7:41:09 PM RAPID REACTION - Supreme Court allows appeal against Court of Appeal's decision in Umbro trade mark dispute By Marc Linsner In Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc & Anor [2025] UKSC 25 the Supreme Court has unanimously allowed an appeal...