Intellectual Property News

The question has been pondered by the District Court of The Hague during a battle between McGregor IP (a Dutch fashion brand) and Reebok over the use of the word "McGregor" on clot...

Counterfeiting of highly desirable and or luxury goods has been a growing problem for decades. As the world learns more about leading brands, counterfeiters get smarter, more adapt...

That is the question that Mr Justice David Gendall of the High Court of New Zealand will now have to consider. The case concerns the well-known (in the UK) British breakfast cerea...

In the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court, Mr Justice Arnold has ruled that Nike has infringed a trademark owned by Frank Industries ("Frank") that is uses for its women's ...

We reported  recently that Mr Justice Arnold had extended the Premier League blocking injunction requiring Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") to disable access to illegal streams ...

US computer consulting company SwiftLife has filed a trademark infringement claim against singer Taylor Swift over a mobile app called "The Swift Life". Patrick Bénot, who owns Sw...

The US National Hockey League (NHL) has filed a trade mark infringement claim against beer mug manufacturer, Roger Dewey, and his three business entities A&R Collectables, The Hock...

The European Court of Justice has decided (finally) that Nestlé does not own the shape of its four-fingered Kit Kat. Nestlé has spent the best part of 15 years in the battle to tr...

In the internet age there has always been a demand for access to games and videos that pre-dated it. That demand is never higher than for retro games that populated our lives in th...

Off-White, the trendy streetwear fashion brand founded in 2012 by Virgil Abloh, has found itself in a spot of bother with outdoor clothing brand Helly Hansen this week. The dispute...

Enoitalia Spa ("ES"), an Italian wine company, has had its appeal rejected by the EU General Court. The court confirmed the EUIPO were right to invalidate the trademark 'Antonio Ru...

Roger Federer signed to the Nike brand in 1994 as a promising youngster. It couldn't have been known at the time that he would go on to become inarguably the best tennis player of ...