A High Court claim has been commenced by Brandlogic, which operates the clothing brand ‘Bentley’. It has brought proceedings against Bentley Motors Limited, the British luxury car manufacturer, for trade mark infringement. According to the UK Intellectual Property Office Brandlogic and its subsidiaries, one being Bentley 1962 Ltd, own three trade marks for clothing bearing…
We don’t often get a chance to report on an intellectual property issue quite so local as this one: a Gateshead takeaway has been involved in a dispute with the owners of Paris nightclub Moulin Rouge (“the Club”) for the use of the same name on its website. The Gateshead business which sells kebabs and…
Superdry, the UK clothing brand, have succeeded in trade mark opposition proceedings brought by Wind Sportswear, a German sportswear brand. The opposition was filed by Wind after Superdry applied to register a UK trade mark for the word marks ‘Windyatcher’, ‘Windtrekker’, ‘Windattacker’, ‘Windhybrid’ and ‘Wind Hybrid’ in class 25 for goods such as clothing, footwear…
Ivanka Trump’s defunct company, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC, has been granted numerous trade marks by the Chinese government. The trade mark applications were registered against some questionable goods and services, including voting machines and nursing homes. The granting of the new marks brings Ivanka’s Chinese trade mark portfolio to a total of 34. The daughter…
The Girl Scouts of the USA, the youth organisation founded in 1912 with the aim of empowering American girls, has filed a trade mark infringement lawsuit this week against the Boy Scouts of America. The lawsuit was filed after the Boy Scouts of America announced they are planning on dropping the word ‘Boy’ from their…
It was only 3 days ago we were reporting on the story of President Trump’s use of Pharrell’s song, Happy, and the criticism he was met with, not only from an intellectual property perspective but from the untimely use of the song, only hours after the Pittsburgh mass shooting. The full article can be read…
US President, Donald Trump, has been warned from R&B artist, Pharrell Williams, to stop playing his music at political events. One of Pharrell’s biggest hits, Happy, was the song of choice for President Trump at a recent rally in Indiana. The song choice, and timing of the rally, was highly criticised however given the devastating…
Earlier this year, the Chinese e-commerce platform, Alibaba, filed a trade mark infringement claim against the Dubai cryptocurrency company, Alibabacoin Foundation. In summary, Alibaba accused Alibabacoin of infringing its trade marks on the promotion of their cryptocurrency in order to deceive its US online investors to make them believe the two entities were associated. We…
Celebrities are often at the centre of legal wrangling over intellectual property, and Kylie Jenner is no exception. In fact, Kylie Jenner (whose name we use in full for obvious Minogue-based reasons and who shares her surname with Caitlyn and Kendall) has been involved in IP litigation before. In 2017, owners of the rights to…
French fashion house, Louis Vuitton, has succeeded in a trade mark infringement battle against The Face Shop for using their famous designs on its products. The Face Shop is a manufacturer and retailer of skincare and cosmetic products. The Defendant company, based in South Korea, is a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, LG. The dispute…
