Intellectual Property News

The former owners of the original United States football league (“USFL”) are suing Fox Sports for alleged trade mark infringement with the intent to block Fox Sports launch of a ne...

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...

Chanel takes victory in trade mark copy-cat dispute in China. Chanel sued Yiwu Story of Love Cosmetics (“Yiwu”) for selling a perfume under the name N°9, arguing it to be too simil...

A man has been imprisoned in Beijing for alleged copyright infringement of the winter Olympic panda mascot Bing Dwen Dwen (“Bing”). Authorities in China are cracking down on int...

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...

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...

A legal battle between Seattle blues singer Lady A and the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum has been concluded. Both parties filed a joint motion to dismiss lawsuits over the...

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...