Intellectual Property News

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...

Marks & Spencer has found itself embroiled in yet another trade mark battle, this time with popular clothing brand Lacoste. Lacoste has sued Marks & Spencer for alleged infring...

Last year the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, won her privacy and copyright infringement case against The Associated Newspaper Limited, which is the parent company of the Mail on...

Continuing a decades-long dispute over the Havana Club rum brand, Bacardi has launched legal action against the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office, requesting the court ove...

Rapper and music producer Marshall Mathers, more commonly known as Eminem, has faced many rap battles since his rise to fame in 1999, but his latest battle is a trade mark dispute ...

Are you wondering what assets you have or how to protect your brand? Do you wonder what it would take to make sure that you have what you think you need? Would you like some help f...

Iconic Swedish pop group ABBA have issued a claim against UK based stage tribute band Abba Mania for alleged “parasitic and bad-faith conduct” relating to trade mark infringement. ...

The Chambers and Partners 2022 Edition was released at the end of October and McDaniels Law is delighted to see recognition of its status as the leading IP firm in the region. The ...

Roller Derby is a sport involving two teams of fourteen skaters who each have a specific role to play, with the positon of the “Jammer” being the one whose aim it is to score point...

Nirvana was an American rock band, founded in 1987 by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic. In May 2021, Jocelyn Susan Bundy filed a claim against ...