Intellectual Property News

The UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court recently ruled that an Austrian shoe company, Giesswein (and its Pointy Flat shoe design), infringed a registered community design (Po...

We recently reported that the Brooklyn art collective MSCHF had been sued by sports giant Nike following MSCHF’s unauthorised release of the “Satan Shoe”, an adaptation of Nike’s f...

Patagonia Inc is a well-known U.S. clothing company that markets and sells outdoor clothing. Patagonia brought a claim against the multi-national drink and brewing company, AB InB...

In 2019, Tamara Lanier brought a claim for wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation against Harvard University following Harvard’s use and promotion of old photographs of Lan...

Spotify is the world’s leading music streaming service. K-Pop is a music genre that has spread from its South Korean origins to become globally popular over the last decade or so....

Michael Jordan is a former American basketball player turned businessman, who slam-dunked to fame as a Chicago Bull. Jordan is recognised as one of the greatest, if not *the* grea...

UFC president Dana White is no stranger to strong rhetoric and hyperbole. The build up to UFC 257 was no different, with White passionately denouncing pirate streams and even goin...

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...

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”), ...

China has previously been known as the land of knock-offs; it has garnered a worldwide reputation for its counterfeit goods and for having a very lax intellectual property (IP) pro...

It has been reported that alleged state-hackers from North Korea, Iran, Russia and China have been engaging in concerted attempts to obtain details concerning coronavirus vaccinati...

Last month we reported on a copyright claim that was brought by tattoo artist Catherine Alexander, whose clientele include renowned WWE superstar Randy Orton. Alexander brought a ...