Intellectual Property News

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...