Intellectual Property News

California based outdoor fashion company, Patagonia Inc. (“Patagonia”) has issued proceedings against Seattle based luxury department store Nordstrom, Inc. (“Nordstrom”) in the US ...

Fast food goliath Taco Bell has filed an appeal with the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the federal trade mark ‘Taco Tuesday’. The mark is owned by Wyoming-based rival ta...

A Manhattan jury have returned a verdict in favour of British singer Ed Sheeran in a federal court in New York finding him not guilty of copyright infringement. Back in April w...

Heavy metal giants, Iron Maiden, are seeking to block a trade mark application for the mark “Maiden Wear” at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Los Angeles business...

American singer-songwriter Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, known professionally as Katy Perry has lost a trade mark battle in Australia. Designer Katie Perry began selling clothes un...

Last October we reported on the infamous Wagatha Christie Saga between WAG’s Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy. In the latest news, Vardy has made an application at the UK Intellectu...

McDaniels Law Director, Niall Head-Rapson, was invited to speak on the Wake Up to Money programme on BBC Radio 5 Live on Thursday, 20th April 2023, to give his expert opinion on re...

Marks & Spencer has found itself in yet another dispute over intellectual property, this time with The Craft Beer Co. Marks & Spencer have been selling a T-shirt featuring the ...

Christian Louboutin has succeeded in recent proceedings against a Brazilian footwear company in the Appellate Court of Sao Paulo for infringement of intellectual property rights. ...

Last month we reported on the legal battle brewing between the two of the Isley Brothers over the “Isley Brothers” trade mark. Rudolph Isley issued proceedings against his brot...

The EU Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) has refused to protect F*cking Awesome as a trade mark on the grounds it lacks distinctiveness. FA World Entertainment own three re...

The Coachella Festival has settled its trade mark dispute with various companies over their use of the brand name “Coachillin”. Last year, Coachella organisers, Goldenvoice, iss...