Intellectual Property News

The estate of the late music icon Prince continues to vigorously protect the artist's intellectual property. In September last year we reported on the steps the estate had taken ag...

It has emerged this week that Kanye West, and his apparel brand, Yeezy Apparel Inc. (Yeezy), are being sued by a Japanese textiles company Toki Sen-I Co. The Yeezy apparel brand, f...

Today HMRC reportedly arrested several individuals involved in professional football, including Newcastle United Managing Director Lee Charnley, as part of a number of raids amid a...

A recent decision of the Division Bench in the High Court of Delhi has sought to answer the question of what standing a trademark licensee has to bring trademark infringement proce...

On Friday, Arnold J ruled against Duran Duran in a copyright contract dispute with its long-term record producers Gloucester Place Music Ltd (the Claimant). The band assigned the i...

The Court of Appeal recently confirmed that, in determining the place of performance of a contract, it is for a Claimant before the English courts to present an argument that the E...

Harry Shearer, actor and star in This is Spinal Tap, an 80s rock mockumentary, has brought a legal claim against media multinational conglomerate Vivendi over the level of merchand...

South Korean Hanjin Shipping Co., one of the world's top ten container carriers in terms of capacity, would typically transport everyday consumer goods such as: clothing, electrica...

The High Court recently granted an order before trial containing a provision not believed ever to have been included in such an order before. The case is Arthur J Gallagher Service...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a Defendant who argued a contract had been orally varied despite a clause in that contract stating that any variations must be in writing...

The High Court has ruled against individual Karen Millen (Millen) in a long running contract dispute with her former company for the right to trade under her own name (the Brand) i...

If you choose or are forced to take legal action to protect your confidential information and are successful in establishing liability against an infringing party then your case wi...