Intellectual Property News

The Proud Boys are a US far right, neo-fascist nationalist group that were founded in 2016 by Gavin McInnes, one of the founders of VICE, ahead of the 2016 US election. The group, ...

We recently reported on the ongoing patent dispute between high ‘spinning’ rivals Mad Dogg Athletics and Peloton. Mad Dogg is the creator of Spinning and the premise of indoor cyc...

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...

Taylor Swift is an award winning American singer-songwriter. On 11 December 2020 Swift released the surprise album ‘Evermore’ five months after the release of her album ‘Folklore’...

Bentley Motors, the luxury car manufacturer, has lost its appeal in its trade mark dispute with Manchester based Bentley Clothing. Both companies have been in negotiations in r...

A federal court in New York ruled that two relatives of Jimi Hendrix, Leon Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix’s brother) and daughter Tina Hendrix, were guilty of contempt of Court by their con...

Bentley Motors (“Motors”) and Bentley Clothing (“Clothing”) have renewed hostilities in the Court of Appeal. Last year Clothing succeeded in its claim for trade mark infringeme...

Conor McGregor, the famous UFC fighter, recently lost a trade mark legal battle with a clothing company named McGregor. The famous UFC fighter applied to register his surname fo...

Swiss tennis player, Roger Federer, has re-acquired the trade mark rights from sportswear giant, Nike, to the ‘RF’ logo that used to be displayed on his Nike tennis attire. Two...

A Chicago-based rapper, Burberry Jesus, has been served with a lawsuit with regards to his stage name and various parts of his branding, which British fashion company, Burberry, al...

The Lincoln Project has been accused of trade mark infringement by a rival, which also shares the exact same name. The “The Lincoln Project” was established as a political action c...

Astro Dog, the dog character from the 80s animated sitcom show *The Jetsons*, is at the centre of a trade mark opposition filed by production studio Hanna-Barbera Productions. The ...