Intellectual Property News

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 s...

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...

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 empha...

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 ...

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 brand...

American footwear company Crocs, Inc (“Crocs”) has settled a dispute with multinational retail corporation Walmart. Crocs issued proceedings against 21 companies back in July 20...

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 ...

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, s...

The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) was recently successful in a jurisdictional challenge to its copyright infringement claim relating to the unauthorised streaming of CBA bas...

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 pa...

American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, Inc, (“Moderna”) has issued proceedings against rival Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech (“the Partnership”) for pate...

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 ...