Intellectual Property News

The Coachella Festival has settled its trade mark dispute with various companies over their use of the brand name “Coachillin”. Last year, Coachella organisers, Goldenvoice, iss...

Boston Red Sox owner, John Henry, announced on Friday that the Sox intend to withdraw its trade mark application at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for the mark ‘Bos...

Brotherly love seems to be no more in the Isley family as Rudolph Isley has issued proceedings against his brother and former bandmate Ronald Isley over the “Isley Brothers” trade ...

Professional golf tour, LIV Golf, is facing court action from the Miami based and well-known nightclub called LIV. LIV the nightclub has hosted mega-stars over the years includi...

Social Media influencer and online retailer Christopher Martin has been banned from Disney World. Martin livestreamed the ordeal, which showed an Orange County Sheriff’s office...

Stitch Editing Limited (“Stitch”) have faced a blow in its claim of trade mark infringement against social media platform TikTok. Stitch is the proprietor of a registered trade...

Trade marks have not escaped the rise in commercial use of artificial intelligence. Australian tech company GeneriTrend recently launched a new AI tool which compiles and review...

Meghan Markle’s trade mark application for the word “Archetypes” has been refused by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The application was filed under Har...

The China National Intellectual Property Office recently issued new guidance on signs which are prohibited from being used as trade marks in that territory. The guidance was mad...

A recent decision of the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that a ‘green’ slogan will not be deemed acceptable for registration as a trade m...

Rapper Marshall Mathers, known professionally as Eminem has formally objected to a trade mark filed by Real Housewives of Potomac stars Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon for the mark ...

A draft amendment has been made to China’s Trademark Law which may require holder’s to certify their use of their mark every five years in order to keep their registration. Art...