Intellectual Property News

The High Court recently granted an order before trial containing a provision not believed ever to have been included in such an order before. The case is Arthur J Gallagher Service...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a Defendant who argued a contract had been orally varied despite a clause in that contract stating that any variations must be in writing...

The High Court has ruled against individual Karen Millen (Millen) in a long running contract dispute with her former company for the right to trade under her own name (the Brand) i...

If you choose or are forced to take legal action to protect your confidential information and are successful in establishing liability against an infringing party then your case wi...

The recent Court of Appeal decision in MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd is the second recent Court of Appeal decision on the variation of contracts orally a...

We previously reported on a case in the Chancery Division of the High Court, in which German company, Merck KGaA, succeeded in a claim of trade mark infringement against US Company...

It has been widely reported (see the BBC article by clicking here) that image rights negotiations are the cause of delaying Jose Mourinho's appointment as the new Manchester United...

On 13 April the European Parliament voted on the proposed trade secrets directive ("Directive"). Current Laws Protecting Trade Secrets in England Trade secrets are reasonably wel...

We previously reported on the potential implications of a BREXIT relating to intellectual property in our earlier article "BREXIT - An IP Perspective".  In order to complete a revi...

In a recent case (JAS Financial Products LLP v ICAP Plc [2016] EWHC 591) the High Court held that no legally binding agreement was entered into in the course of oral discussions re...

Objectives of sponsorship Sponsorship is a form of marketing by which a sponsor (often a business) contributes funds, products and/or services to an event organiser, producer of a...

Parents have been advised by security experts to boycott, or at the very least be cautious of providing VTech toys for their children following criticism of the company's response ...