Intellectual Property News

The estate of American singer song-writer, Prince, has filed a copyright and trade mark infringement claim against European individuals and companies including Lovesigne, House Qua...

Unusual marketing techniques are often employed to get people's attention.  Consumers, who are often inundated with advertisements, are more likely to remember something surprising...

Arsenal Fan TV is one of the most popular football fan channels on YouTube. Robbie Lyle who hosts the show is an internet sensation and has gathered over 800,000 subscribers since ...

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...