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Duchess of Sussex Court Case: Update
Jan 19, 2021
A full trial with regards to the Duchess of Sussex’s claim for alleged copyright infringement, misuse of private information and breach of the Data Protection Act was due to be hea...
Hendrix Trade mark Infringement
Jan 18, 2021
A federal court in New York ruled that two relatives of Jimi Hendrix, Leon Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix’s brother) and daughter Tina Hendrix, were guilty of contempt of Court by their con...
You got a fast car… and now so does Tracy Chapman
Jan 12, 2021
Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter who is most famous for her hits “Fast Car” and “Give Me One Reason”. Back in 2018, Chapman brought a copyright claim against Nicki Mi...
All books are equal, but some are more equal than others
Jan 7, 2021
Eric Arthur Blair, more commonly known as George Orwell, was a British journalist and author who wrote two of the most famous novels of the 20th century in Animal Farm & Nineteen E...
Neil Young Commercialises his Intellectual Property
Jan 6, 2021
Neil Young, the Canadian-American musician, has sold the rights to his music in a staggering £110 million deal. Young rose to fame in 1960’s after forming rock band Buffalo Spr...
Hermes succeeds again
Jan 5, 2021
In June 2020, Hermes was successful in the Tokyo District Court with regards to its trade mark infringement and passing off claim against Kabushiki Kaisha Tia Maria (“Tia Maria”), ...
Simply Simp'Ali
Jan 4, 2021
AliBaba has, for a long time now, struggled to deal with intellectual property infringements perpetuated on its platform. It followed Amazon’s lead in setting up a system for righ...
McDaniels Law and Transmit Start-Ups
Dec 21, 2020
Transmit Group is a business based in Gateshead with a national presence; it is the parent company of Transmit Start-Ups, a company that provide budding entrepreneurs with start-up...
Spin to win
Dec 15, 2020
Mad Dogg Athletics (“MDA”) is the creator of spinning – a form of indoor cycling - as an organised sport and a form of intense exercise. For over two decades spinning has been pop...
Bentley and Bentley – The Appeal
Dec 14, 2020
Bentley Motors (“Motors”) and Bentley Clothing (“Clothing”) have renewed hostilities in the Court of Appeal. Last year Clothing succeeded in its claim for trade mark infringeme...
McGregor Loses Battle
Dec 11, 2020
Conor McGregor, the famous UFC fighter, recently lost a trade mark legal battle with a clothing company named McGregor. The famous UFC fighter applied to register his surname fo...
Another one bites the dust
Dec 10, 2020
Neil Young is a Canadian-American singer songwriter and musician who’s most famous works include “Old Man” & “The Needle and the Damage Done”. Young first complained about Tru...
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