Intellectual Property News

We recently reported on the rejection by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property of a trade mark application by Christian Louboutin following news that the Swiss Feder...

German company Zweibrüder Optoelectrics has been refused trade mark protection in Switzerland following its application covering the size and positioning of holes in the end of a l...

The EU General Court has dismissed an appeal against the rejection of an application to register both the figurative mark and word mark "MARK1" (Marks) in classes 9 and 34 for ciga...

A decision of the EUIPO Board of Appeal has been declared invalid by the EU General Court in relation the word mark "AROMA". Background Mr Peter Chung-Yuan Chang ("applicant") ap...

We have previously covered recent case law the long-running legal battles between Nestle and Cadbury. Our article on Cadbury's successful opposition to Nestlé's application for a t...

A company director has been found jointly liable for trade mark infringement and passing off in claim brought about by a company specialising in sports performance and nutrition. ...

On 14 April 2016, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed an appeal to set aside a decision of the EU General Court (EUGC) made in July 2015 in relation to the registration o...

Inflight Productions (IFP) and its parent company Global Eagle provided inflight entertainment services to American Airlines (later US Airlines).   In a recent decision they were f...

National Football League club the Washington Redskins have filed an application in the Supreme Court of the United States asking the Supreme Court to hear the club's high-profile t...

BMW has been partly successful in a trademark and passing off claim in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) against Technosport London Limited (TLL). Background TTL ...

Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar is facing a lawsuit for copyright infringement over allegedly stealing a song. According to the complaint, the rapper is being sued for using ...

The former president of Rockstar Games, the multi-national video games developer, has brought a claim against his former employer. Leslie Benzies, former president of Rockstar Nor...