Intellectual Property News

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...

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...

The Performing Rights Society (PRS) recently issued legal proceedings against LIVENow, an online platform for the live streaming of music concerts. PRS, in words from its websit...

Back in November, we reported on rappers Drake and 21 Savage who had been sued by global mass media company and publisher of Vogue magazine, Condé Nast. The claim was brought for a...

The much loved and friendly childhood character, Winnie the Pooh, has turned sour in new slasher-horror film amid the expiration of his copyright period. In the United States, copy...

Photographer Cheryl Miller has filed a claim against artist Nate Ladson for alleged copyright infringement. The claim has been filed at a Copyright Claims Board tribunal in the USA...

Hermes have been awarded $133,000 (approx £109,603.00) in damages for trade mark infringement, dilution and cybersquatting of its famous Birkin handbag in a landmark victory. A...