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Tomatin Is Big Enough For The Two Of Us
Oct 14, 2021
Scottish whiskey makers Tomatin Distillery has failed in its attempt to prevent hotel developer The Tomatin Trading Company Limited from using the mark ‘Tomatin’. Tomatin Distille...
McLaren races to the UKIPO
Oct 13, 2021
McLaren Automotive Limited is a British automotive manufacturer based in Woking, England which is a subsidiary of the wider McLaren Group. McLaren focuses on bringing to the marke...
Are Mondelez “Milka” it?
Sep 24, 2021
Mondelez is a multinational confectionery company famous for its branded “Milka” chocolate. Mondelez has recently alleged that Nurture Brands, a London based company and its Prima...
Last Call - Time is Running Out
Sep 23, 2021
For those trade mark and design right owners whose registered EU trade mark and EU design applications were still pending on 1 January 2021, they now have up until 30 September 202...
Bullying amongst the Bulls
Sep 20, 2021
Norwich based gin maker Bullards recently applied to register its name as a trade mark at the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”). Following the applied for mark being publi...
Copycats becoming an OktoberPest
Sep 15, 2021
Oktoberfest is the famous yearly beer festival which takes place between September and October in Munich and attracts approximately six million people per year from all over the wo...
Eat, Sleep, Conquer, Repeat
Sep 13, 2021
On 8 September 2021, the World Wrestling Entertainment (“WWE”) filed a new trade mark application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for the mark “EAT SLEEP...
‘Can’ you believe it?
Aug 25, 2021
The European Court of Justice has ruled an audio file containing the sound of a drinks can opening followed by silence and a fizzing sound cannot be protected as a trade mark. ...
Apparently Ferrero Rocher’s can be illegal?
Aug 24, 2021
A Shanghai court has found Liu Mouyang guilty of criminal trade mark infringement. Mouyang was in the business of repackaged and reselling Ferreo Rocher’s heavenly chocolates, whic...
Team Kentucky, Team Team Kentucky, right?
Aug 18, 2021
The University of Kentucky has filed a notice of opposition against a trade mark application filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the sign “Team Kentucky”. The University of ...
Don’t cry over spilt milk
Aug 12, 2021
Popular Swedish brand and household name Oatly has lost a trade mark battle against PureOaty, a family-run farm in Cambridgeshire. Oatly started proceedings on the basis the name P...
Puma Retracts its Claws
Aug 4, 2021
In May 2021 we reported on Puma and its High Court appeal in respect of Nike’s pursuit to register “footware” as a UK trade mark. The application was initially filed by Nike at th...
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