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Tasty Mock Trial Event Finds that Risotto can be Protected by Intellectual Property Rights

Tasty Mock Trial Event Finds that Risotto can be Protected by Intellectual Property Rights

Nov 23, 2015
In a recent mock trial event hosted in a museum in Milan, Judges held that a superstar chef's "Riso, oro e Zafferano" (rice, gold and saffron) was protected by various forms of int...
Charity With Royalty Stake in 'Happy Birthday' Enters Dispute

Charity With Royalty Stake in 'Happy Birthday' Enters Dispute

Nov 17, 2015
'Happy Birthday To You' is one of the most popular songs in history so much so that the Guinness Book of Records claims it as the most recognisable song in the English language. O...
Premier League Wins In Claims Against Pub Landlords

Premier League Wins In Claims Against Pub Landlords

Nov 12, 2015
A number of pubs across Tyneside and the rest of the UK have been ordered to pay thousands of pounds to the Premier League for unauthorised screening of live Premier League footbal...
Contract Update - A Case of the Lesser Spotted Penalty Clause

Contract Update - A Case of the Lesser Spotted Penalty Clause

Nov 11, 2015
Contracts may contain terms which set out what remedy the innocent party may claim in the event of breach by another. This is normally financial but may include the transfer of pro...
Trunki v Kiddee Case – Consideration of the Issues for Registered Designs

Trunki v Kiddee Case – Consideration of the Issues for Registered Designs

Nov 10, 2015
As we await a ruling from the Supreme Court (the highest court in England and Wales) in the Magmatic (the maker of 'Trunki' suitcases) v Kiddee Case, a case on which we have previo...
National Trade Marks or Community Trade Marks - Which is Safest/Easier to Enforce?

National Trade Marks or Community Trade Marks - Which is Safest/Easier to Enforce?

Nov 9, 2015
The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain ("UOGB") was recently unsuccessful in an attempt to sue a competitor, the United Kingdom Ukelele Orchestra ("UKUO"), for Community Trade Mark...
Trunki v Kiddee Case – A 'case' for an appeal made to the Supreme Court

Trunki v Kiddee Case – A 'case' for an appeal made to the Supreme Court

Nov 5, 2015
The design dispute between Magmatic Limited ("Magmatic"), the maker of children's Trunki suitcases and PMS International Group Plc ("PMS"), the maker of the Kiddee Case, has now re...
Protecting your Brand: Mo Monsters, Mo Problems

Protecting your Brand: Mo Monsters, Mo Problems

Nov 4, 2015
The General Court has rejected an opposition by energy drink brand, Monster, to an application to register "MO MO MONSTERS" as a Community Trade Mark ("CTM"). Monster is a well-es...
Taylor Swift Looks Set to 'Shake Off' Latest Legal Battle

Taylor Swift Looks Set to 'Shake Off' Latest Legal Battle

Nov 3, 2015
Pop star Taylor Swift is being accused of stealing the words to her hit song "Shake It Off". As a result she is being sued for approximately $42m (£24m). U.S. based R&B singer Jes...
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee - PGI and Trademark Oppositions

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee - PGI and Trademark Oppositions

Oct 29, 2015
The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation ("Federation") is a non-profit organisation representing over 500,000 coffee growing families. The Federation filed an application for a Pro...
Boo-Hoo - Copyright Does Not Subsist in Pomeranian Dog Toy

Boo-Hoo - Copyright Does Not Subsist in Pomeranian Dog Toy

Oct 26, 2015
Copyright does not subsist in a toy of the world's 'cutest dog', a Pomeranian named Boo, according to The District Court in The Hague. Buddy Boo Inc. is an American Company founde...
Safe Harbour and Confusing Phrases

Safe Harbour and Confusing Phrases

Oct 21, 2015
There has been a lot of deliberation and opinion in recent days following the decision of the CJEU in the Safe Harbour case C362/14, which involved shared personal data between the...
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