Intellectual Property News

Back in June, we reported on Andy Stone, who had issued proceedings against Mariah Carey on grounds of copyright infringement over the title of the hit Christmas song “All I Want F...

Tesco has made steps to revive part of its claim against German-owned supermarket Lidl. Back in 2021, Lidl sued Tesco, alleging trade mark infringement over Tesco’s Clubcard log...

Last year we reported on a Norwich based gin maker, Bullards, applying to register its name as a trade mark at the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”). Global energy drinks f...

American singer, songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus has settled a copyright infringement case with paparazzi photographer Robert Barbera. Barbera sued Cyrus for copyright infrin...

It is often said that people without much knowledge of the topic do not realise the importance of intellectual property and the rights and restrictions that it provides. A stark ex...

The EUIPO maintains a web page dedicated to informing its users and their clients about receiving unsolicited emails from organisations requesting payment for trade mark and design...

The Chambers and Partners 2023 Edition has recently been released and McDaniels Law is delighted to announce we have retained our Band 1 ranking for intellectual property in the No...

As part of a ten-part BBC One documentary series ‘Northern Justice’, members of the McDaniels Law team were privileged to share some of the stories of clients we had supported when...

In the ultimate David v Goliath battle, global giant Unilever, through its Nigerian arm Unilever Nigeria PLC, is being sued by a Nigerian toddler (through the toddler’s mother and ...

Earlier this month the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released updated information about its equality objectives and how it aims to meet them. The rolling page on the U...

California based Patagonia, Inc. (“Patagonia”) has issued proceedings against Robin Ruth USA (“Robin Ruth”) and Walmart Inc. (“Walmart”) for trade mark infringement and unfair comp...

As part of a ten-part BBC One documentary series ‘Northern Justice’, members of the McDaniels Law team feature with some of our clients who share their experience of others copying...