Intellectual Property News

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that the shape of the multi coloured three - dimensional Rubik's Cube cannot be protected by trademark, but could be protected by paten...

An Australian teenager is hoping to turn his internet humiliation into cash following a picture of him going viral. Ali Ziggi Mosslamni, known as "Ziggy" to his friends, became the...

Background In a recent decision the General Court of the European Union has upheld two decisions made by the Board of Appeal in relation to an opposition made to a figurative tra...

In a recent and ongoing case, Attorney General (AG) Szpunar has offered his opinion in a reference for a preliminary ruling on whether hotel rooms come within the meaning of "place...

Lucasfilm and its new owner, the Walt Disney Company, own the intellectual property relating to all of the Star Wars films.  Walt Disney Company in particular is famously protectiv...

Harry Shearer, actor and star in This is Spinal Tap, an 80s rock mockumentary, has brought a legal claim against media multinational conglomerate Vivendi over the level of merchand...

The owners of an innovative Scottish wave power company (Pelamis Wave Power) were surprised when personal computers were stolen from their headquarters not long after an official v...

You will probably have noticed a trend when reading or talking about what Brexit is likely to bring that nobody knows, to any degree of certainty, what Brexit will entail. However,...

The EU Commission has announced its plans to amend and harmonise EU copyright law.  The President of the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker announced the proposals in his 'State o...

In the case of Tech 21 UK Ltd v Logitech Europe S.A. [2015] EWHC 2614 (Ch), the High Court in London handed down a judgment addressing its jurisdiction to hear cases to its for gro...

We have previously reported on the possible impact of Brexit on Intellectual Property (IP), most recently on 8 August 2016 following the publication of a (short) guidance note by t...

A US Judge has dismissed part of a claim relating to the sale of counterfeit goods brought against Alibaba by various brands, including Gucci and YSL, owned by Kering SA. The part ...