Intellectual Property News

Many people will have heard of Clarence Clemons, the late saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. For fans of Springsteen, Clemons, known as ‘The Big Man’ was a vita...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently published guidelines to improve IP protection at exhibitions and trade fairs. The guidelines are accessible...

Talk show host and television personality Oprah Winfrey is suing the creators of a podcast called “Oprahdemics” on the grounds of dilution of the “Oprah” trade mark. Winfrey claims...

Small fashion company, House of Zana have been successful in a legal battle with Zara. Back in April we reported on Darlington based House of Zana, who, after attempting to trad...

The UKIPO has published a summary of responses to its call for views relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and Innovation, published in December 2021. The outcomes are deta...

The University of Texas has been successful in a recent trade mark opposition case. The University of Texas opposed a trade mark which depicted a downward hand with the two midd...

Director of McDaniels Law, Niall Head-Rapson featured on BBC Radio Guernsey on the 3rd August 2022 in relation to an intellectual property infringement. Niall has over 23 years’ ex...

A landmark court victory has been achieved which will change the course of guitar building in the future. In 2019, Gibson Brands Inc. (“Gibson”) filed a lawsuit against the par...

People are no doubt aware that Ed Sheeran successfully defended claims of copyright infringement in respect of his ‘Shape of You’ song in the UK courts a couple of months ago. Desp...

Netflix is pursuing a copyright and trade mark infringement claim against the creators of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”, Barlow & Bear LLC & others. The claim is based upon N...

Kanye West has settled what seems to be yet another dispute over intellectual property rights, this time with Walmart over the logo for his Yeezy brand. A spokesperson for Walma...

American subscription streaming service, Netflix and American actor Zac Efron are the subject of a trade mark infringement allegation over the lifestyle show “Down to Earth”. Al...