Intellectual Property News

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...

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. ...

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...

Scottish whiskey makers Tomatin Distillery has failed in its attempt to prevent hotel developer The Tomatin Trading Company Limited from using the mark ‘Tomatin’. Tomatin Distille...

McLaren Automotive Limited is a British automotive manufacturer based in Woking, England which is a subsidiary of the wider McLaren Group. McLaren focuses on bringing to the marke...

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...

Norwich based gin maker Bullards recently applied to register its name as a trade mark at the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”). Following the applied for mark being publi...

Oktoberfest is the famous yearly beer festival which takes place between September and October in Munich and attracts approximately six million people per year from all over the wo...