Organisation: Aldi

A change to a pre-existing design was found insufficient to give rise to unregistered design rights in the article as a whole. 

20 July 2023

We scrutinise the data to reveal the 50 companies with the largest portfolios in five major jurisdictions.

13 July 2023

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has succeeded in its attempt to prevent the registration of BISTRO RÉGENT based on its earlier mark REGENT, both covering “wine” in Class 33.

02 June 2023

A roster of lookalike cases have come to the fore over the last year in the UK. Hogan Lovells’ Joel Smith and Grace Gladdle present lessons and takeaways from this flurry of cases.

03 May 2023

It is necessary to examine the distinctive and dominant character of the elements that have been added, based on their intrinsic qualities and their relative position in the configuration of the mark. 

23 March 2023

A new report on the psychology of lookalikes aims to provide brand owners with a bank of research to support claims that even without risk of confusion, consumers are still influenced by lookalike products.

14 March 2023

An exclusive guest post analyses the recent Aldi v M&S judgment in England, including practical takeaways for designers and brand owners to protect their designs.

15 February 2023

A key factor was that one of the earlier marks relied on by Aldi was registered before the CJEU’s Praktiker judgment, which essentially clarified the effects of trademarks registered for “retail services” without further specifications.

10 November 2022

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In WTR’s annual Asia-Pacific deep dive, we take a look at major trends in 2021 as well as the top corporate and law firm filers across five key jurisdictions.

15 September 2022

As the view towards letters of consent shifts, Anna Li, Monica Fang and George Chan of Simmons & Simmons assess their current evidentiary value in China by analysing all recently published decisions from the Beijing Intellectual Property Court and Beijing High Court.

08 September 2022