Intellectual Property News

Everybody no doubt has heard of Christian Dior, the famous French fashion house, and the value of their brand and their trade marks is one of their main business assets. Fewer peop...

Back in May 2021, we reported on the European Union Intellectual Property Office's ("EUIPO") decision to declare Banksy’s well-known “monkey sign” trade mark “invalid in its entire...

Mariah Carey has found herself on Santa’s naughty list this year after the US Trade Mark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against Carey’s attempt to trade mark the name “Queen of Chris...

Rappers Drake and 21 Savage - whose real name is Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph - (“the Rappers”), have been sued by global mass media company and publisher of Vogue magazine, Condé Nas...

Amidst the western sanctions placed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, the head of the state, Vladimir Putin has authorised parallel imports for various popular alcoholic...

Maya Jama is a well-known TV and radio presenter and DJ. Like many other celebrities she has sought to capitalise on her fame by branching out and launching ranges of fashion, cosm...

Tesco has made steps to revive part of its claim against German-owned supermarket Lidl. Back in 2021, Lidl sued Tesco, alleging trade mark infringement over Tesco’s Clubcard log...

Last year we reported on a Norwich based gin maker, Bullards, applying to register its name as a trade mark at the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”). Global energy drinks f...

Earlier this month the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released updated information about its equality objectives and how it aims to meet them. The rolling page on the U...

The famous Californian music festival, Coachella, and its organiser Goldenvoice have filed a claim for trade mark infringement against a Ghanaian-based music festival called Afroch...

It is important to file trade marks to protect your brand as soon as possible, as the UK is, with certain exceptions, a first-to-file jurisdiction which means that whoever files fo...

Luxury fashion house Christian Dior (“Dior”) has lost an appeal to register the shape of its Saddle Bag as a trade mark in the European Union. Dior filed an application back in ...