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Ed-ing to Court

Ed Sheeran is facing trial in America over allegations of copyright infringement. Sheeran has been accused of copying the late Marvin Gaye’s song “Let’s Get It On” in his 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud”. An application to have the claim dismissed has been denied by the judge. The claim was brought back in 2018 by […]

McDaniels Law feature in a new BBC One series, Northern Justice

As seen on BBC One, a 10-part documentary series ‘Northern Justice’ shows how our team helps clients to protect their intellectual property. Featured in episodes 4,5 & 7, we emphasise the importance of protecting intellectual property and stopping others from IP infringement. In the announcement of the programme, the BBC said in a press release: […]

McDaniels Law Ranked Tier 1 in Legal 500 for 2023

McDaniels Law is proud to announce we have been recommended as a top-tier firm for Intellectual Property in the Legal 500 UK Solicitors rankings for the year 2023. The Legal 500 analyses the capabilities of law firms across the world to provide an up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the […]

Dior Saddled with Rejection

Luxury fashion house Christian Dior (“Dior”) has lost an appeal to register the shape of its Saddle Bag as a trade mark in the European Union. Dior filed an application back in March 2021 to register the shape of the handbag for use in connection with various leather goods as a three-dimensional trade mark. The […]

NBA Star Slam Dunked in Trade Mark Dispute

It is not uncommon to hear about famous people, including sports stars, obtaining trade mark protection for their names or other famous elements to protect and monetise their brands. Indeed, we have recently reported on Usain Bolt’s application to trade mark his lightning bolt pose. It is however more unusual to hear about sports stars […]

Crocs are snapping back

American footwear company Crocs, Inc (“Crocs”) has settled a dispute with multinational retail corporation Walmart. Crocs issued proceedings against 21 companies back in July 2021 for alleged trade mark infringement, one of which was Walmart. Although the terms of the settlement are yet to be disclosed, a spokesperson for Walmart claims the company is “pleased […]

Truth Isn’t Very Social For Trump TM Application

Donald Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ social network does not appear to have been the success that the former President hoped it would be, after its launch following Mr Trump being banned from Twitter. It has now run into further trouble after an attempt to trade mark the name was rejected by the US Patent and Trade […]

Taylor Swift Fails To Shake Off Copyright Claim

Taylor Swift is one of the latest in a long line of famous musicians to face a claim of copyright infringement in respect of one of their most famous songs. In the case of Swift, she faced a claim that her song ‘Shake It Off’ copied a 2001 song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ written by Sean […]

Chinese Basketball Association sues steamers for copyright infringement

The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) was recently successful in a jurisdictional challenge to its copyright infringement claim relating to the unauthorised streaming of CBA basketball matches. The jurisdictional challenge was heard in the Beijing People’s High Court, which upheld a ruling in favour of CBA. The two Defendants (Shanghai Magic Electric Information Technology and Shanghai […]

Statement on the Passing of Her Majesty The Queen

We join the nation in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We send our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family at this difficult time and we join all those paying tributes to her and her lifetime of impeccable service to the UK and beyond. Her devotion to the UK was an inspiration. […]

To Protect or to Profit?

American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, Inc, (“Moderna”) has issued proceedings against rival Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech (“the Partnership”) for patent infringement. Moderna and Pfizer were both front runners in the race to find a suitable vaccine which protected against COVID-19. Moderna issued the claim in a US district court in Massachusetts and […]

Piracy of the Caribbean

Disney have come to an agreement over a copyright dispute over use of the original script of Pirates of the Caribbean. Back in 2017, Arthur Lee Alfred II, E. Ezequiel Martinez Jr.(“the Writers”) and producer Tova Laiter issued proceedings against Disney on the grounds Disney committed “wilful infringement of Plaintiff’s original copyrighted expression of themes, […]

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