Intellectual Property News

In 2006 HRH the Prince of Wales successfully sued Associated Newspapers for breach of confidence and infringement of copyright after the Mail on Sunday published extracts from his ...

The General Court (Eighth Chamber) recently dismissed an opposition appeal by Formula One Licensing BV against the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and ...

The leading online marketplace Alibaba is being sued by the owner of Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Puma and various other leading fashion brands, Kering following a failed attempt to ...

Following the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York's award of damages to the Beastie Boys of a reported USD1.7 million dollars against Monster Energy ...

Intellectual property law has long since recognised the overlap between copyright and design right. The Registered Designs Act 1949 was intended to create a separate system for pr...

A recent United Kingdom Supreme Court decision in Starbucks (HK) Limited and another (Appellants) v British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC and others (Respondents) relating to the matt...

In a dispute that has been ongoing since 2009, Louis Vuitton has finally lost two Community Trade Mark registrations for its well know 'checkerboard' pattern. The figurative marks ...

Volkswagen has failed in its bid to register the word "EXTRA" as a Community trade mark ("CTM") for certain goods and services relating to vehicles in Classes 12, 28, 35 and 37. D...

Following the verdict in the "Blurred lines" in the matter of copyright infringement of the estate of Marvin Gaye against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke (a case which we have p...

We previously reported on the Court of Appeal decision in Roger Maier and Assos of Switzerland SA v ASOS plc and ASOS.com Limited at [2015] EWCA Civ 220 - see "Assos told to get on...

The General Court has recently decided on a dispute involving the interpretation of the principles of 'genuine use' of Community trade marks ("CTM"). The Court's decision can be fo...

A United States District Judge has refused to strike out a claim of copyright infringement directed at the trailer of the Disney/Pixar hit, Frozen. Frozen is now the largest gross...