Court: High Court of Justice (England & Wales)

The decision highlights that the broader protection afforded by a ‘family of marks’ will be mitigated by factors such as the geographic extent of the marks’ reputation.

03 July 2024

The decision highlights the importance of considering implied – as well as express – comparisons when deploying comparative advertising. 

14 June 2024

The UK High Court has found that a controversial figure in the blockchain and cryptocurrency world is not the mysterious Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, following a dramatic copyright trial.

15 March 2024

The High Court found that the hearing officer had made an error of law in invalidation proceedings brought by the National Basketball Association.

15 January 2024

The judgment confirms that descriptive marks will provide only a limited monopoly, even where the allegedly infringing mark is very similar.

03 January 2024

The case sends a strong message that legal proceedings are not a platform for justifying a personal vendetta.

15 December 2023

The court considered the impact of Brexit on the assessment of infringement, especially as “seismic changes” to EU-derived domestic legislation are on the horizon.

12 September 2023

A recent IPEC decision looked at the right to use the iconic sign AC COBRA on cars in the United Kingdom.

31 August 2023

The High Court found that the claimants’ evidence had not been prepared in the spirit of the rules on evidence.

29 August 2023

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