Intellectual Property News

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has announced plans to supervise and oversee trade mark take down procedures on e-commerce platforms. CNIPA has e...

Representatives for singer Dua Lipa have made opening statements in a copyright infringement case to have the claim dismissed. Song writing duo L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer...

The estate of late singer - songwriter Prince has won a trade mark dispute over Bang Energy’s “Purple Rain” energy drink. A subsidiary of Bang Energy tried to register “Purple R...

A United States appeals court has upheld the earlier decision of a Nevada federal court, causing one final blow for the estate of Evel Knievel. Last autumn we reported K & K Pro...

Usain Bolt is one of the most iconic athletes of all time and his lightning bolt celebration is his most iconic pose which graced athletics tracks again and again as he won title a...

Andy Warhol’s use of Lynn Goldsmith's photo of Prince was not fair use, argues the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”). Back in March, we reported on celebrity portrait phot...

Mariah Carey has provoked a legal battle with prominent festive singers in her attempt to trade mark the title “Queen of Christmas”. Mariah Carey filed an application at the Uni...

Many people will have heard of Clarence Clemons, the late saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. For fans of Springsteen, Clemons, known as ‘The Big Man’ was a vita...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently published guidelines to improve IP protection at exhibitions and trade fairs. The guidelines are accessible...

The University of Texas has been successful in a recent trade mark opposition case. The University of Texas opposed a trade mark which depicted a downward hand with the two midd...

A landmark court victory has been achieved which will change the course of guitar building in the future. In 2019, Gibson Brands Inc. (“Gibson”) filed a lawsuit against the par...

People are no doubt aware that Ed Sheeran successfully defended claims of copyright infringement in respect of his ‘Shape of You’ song in the UK courts a couple of months ago. Desp...