Intellectual Property News

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

‘American Skin’ is an American drama film written and directed by Nate Parker and Spike Lee which was released in September 2019. The film is about a war veteran who is seeking ju...

Hundreds of professional footballers have threatened legal action against a number of data collection companies due to the way in which their data has been handled. The use of ...

A row erupted and landed in a Nevada Federal Court in a claim by the son of the late Evil Knievel, the world famous stuntman, that Disney’s character, Duke Caboom was based on and ...

Walt Disney Co. has initiated proceedings against numerous comic book artists in a bid to establish its ownership of rights in the Marvel superheroes it helped to create. Larry Li...

James Arthur has settled a copyright dispute in the US with The Script over the song ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ which was a number one hit in the UK for three weeks in 2016, generating...

Mondelez is a multinational confectionery company famous for its branded “Milka” chocolate. Mondelez has recently alleged that Nurture Brands, a London based company and its Prima...

For those trade mark and design right owners whose registered EU trade mark and EU design applications were still pending on 1 January 2021, they now have up until 30 September 202...