by Sean Hughes | Mar 11, 2024 | Trademarks
Background Early in 2020 (as the Covid-19 pandemic began), Thatchers launched its Cloudy Lemon Cider, which was also registered as a trade mark in the United Kingdom. The packaging of this canned beverage is shown below: Two years later, Aldi launched a similar cloudy...
by Alyson Lam | Jan 12, 2024 | Trademarks
Prior attempts – Puck Schrover case Previously, several models have filed applications to register trade marks of real-life pictures but have mostly been unsuccessful. One of the recent cases involved the figurative mark of Dutch model Puck Schrover. The application...
by Sean Hutchinson | Dec 19, 2023 | Trademarks
Background In mid-2015, the IP company responsible for managing Lewis Hamilton’s IP (which Formula 1 fans will be amused to read is aptly named “44IP Limited”) applied to register “LEWIS HAMILTON” as an EU trade mark. Registration was ultimately allowed for various...
by David Eyre | Oct 18, 2023 | Trademarks
This is the purpose of Article 8(1) Brussels I (recast) and the provisions and intention of this law were recently considered by the CJEU and applied in the context of an infringement proceeding for the “VOGUE” trade mark owned by Advance Magazine Publishers (“AMP”)...
by Juliette Boynton | Aug 14, 2023 | Trademarks
The application was rejected by the Examiner under Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR which states:- The following shall not be registered: … (b) trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character. The Examiner considered the mark would be recognised as an emoji...
by Alex Bajjon | Aug 1, 2023 | Designs & Copyright, Trademarks, UK
When the UK left the European Union, the UKIPO granted comparable UK rights for all existing EU trade mark and design registrations. Such comparable UK rights were granted automatically with no action from the proprietor required. This was an invaluable solution for...
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