Intellectual Property News

Talk show host and television personality Oprah Winfrey is suing the creators of a podcast called “Oprahdemics” on the grounds of dilution of the “Oprah” trade mark. Winfrey claims...

Small fashion company, House of Zana have been successful in a legal battle with Zara. Back in April we reported on Darlington based House of Zana, who, after attempting to trad...

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...

Director of McDaniels Law, Niall Head-Rapson featured on BBC Radio Guernsey on the 3rd August 2022 in relation to an intellectual property infringement. Niall has over 23 years’ ex...

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...

Netflix is pursuing a copyright and trade mark infringement claim against the creators of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”, Barlow & Bear LLC & others. The claim is based upon N...

Kanye West has settled what seems to be yet another dispute over intellectual property rights, this time with Walmart over the logo for his Yeezy brand. A spokesperson for Walma...

Last month we reported on a claim for alleged trade mark infringement brought against American model and socialite Hailey Bieber over the launch of her new skin care brand “Rhode”....

One of the longest running trade mark disputes of recent years has been between confectionery giants Cadbury and Nestle and it actually has involved different tit for tat type disp...

Meta Platforms Inc. (owner of Facebook) is facing a trade mark and unfair competition claim in the USA, reportedly filed on 19 July at Manhattan Federal Court. The claim has bee...

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (“the Hells Angels”) have been awarded nearly £45,000 (78,000 Australian dollars) for trade mark infringement. The Australian Federal Court rul...

Colorado based Wild Animal Sanctuary Inc (“Wild Animal”) has won a federal trade mark infringement case against Montana and Arizona-based Wild Life Sanctuary Fund Inc (“Wild Life”)...