Intellectual Property News

A trade mark infringement case between rivals Stone Brewing and Molson Coors, owners of Keystone beer products, is underway in San Diego federal court after a four-year legal battl...

Proximo Spirits, the owner of Bushmills, a producer of Irish whiskey, has applied for approval to make a “Peaky Blinders” themed whiskey. The application has been made to the US Al...

Austin-based label Tequila 512 is allegedly suing Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila brand for trade mark infringement, false designation of origin and unfair competition. The lawsuit ha...

Nike is suing online Detroit based reseller Stockx for using unauthorised images of Nike shoes in non-fungible tokens (“NFTS”). The case will be heard in the New York federal court...

Sony Pictures Television (“SONY”) has opposed a trade mark filed by Thomas Mihill for the mark “BAKING BAD”. The opposition was filed due to the similarity the mark bears to Sony’s...

Last April we reported on the heavily publicised dispute between supermarket giants Marks & Spencer and Aldi concerning Colin and Cuthbert the caterpillars. Some ten months later, ...

Apple Inc. have filed an opposition against a trade mark application “Apple-Man” with the US Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO). The application, filed by Ukrainian director Vasy...

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), organisers of the Champions League football competition has backed down in a trade mark dispute over German “Champignons League”...

Jeremy Clarkson, host of popular Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm, has found himself the centre of yet another twitter feud, this time with YouTuber Alex Apollonov over the phrase...

Luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s trade mark opposition against Aina Yang’s trade mark application has been rejected in its entirety by the EUIPO’s Opposition Division (“the Division”)....

Seattle based coffee house and household name Starbucks has won two trade mark infringement cases against “Strabuono Coffee” – a Maltese based coffee shop with outlets in both Naxx...

KeepSolid Inc., parent company of VPN Unlimited (“VPN”), a personal and virtual private network software designed to protect all data received and sent over on the internet, has se...