Intellectual Property News

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...

American rapper Six9 has issued proceedings against New York based rapper Daniel Hernandez, known professionally as 6ix9ine.Six9 has alleged trade mark infringement and unfair comp...

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...

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) is a specialist court for intellectual property disputes aimed at SME businesses and McDaniels Law has historically been one of th...

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has, amid an increased number of trade mark applications concerning virtual goods and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), released g...

In what was a bizarre twist in the world of art, back in 2019, someone paid $120,000 for a banana duct-taped to a wall. The banana artwork was then featured in the Guggenheim museu...

American stand-up comedian and actor Lewis Black is the latest in a string of celebrities suing audio streamer Pandora for copyright infringement. Pandora is facing allegations ...

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”)...

A Welsh business has been able to obtain UK trade mark protection for Welsh words “CARIAD” (translating to “love”), HIRAETH (loosely translating to “longing”) and “WELSH CAKE”, and...

Nearly 95 years after the creation of the beloved Disney character Mickey Mouse, the Walt Disney Company is at risk of losing intellectual property rights in the animated mouse at ...

Eagle eyed gaming fans have noticed that Nintendo has registered a new trade mark for Donkey Kong raising hopes amongst gamers that a new Donkey Kong may be imminent, one year afte...