by Chloe Sullivan | May 17, 2023 | Designs & Copyright, Trademarks, UK
Background Lidl have been operating in the UK since 1973, during which they have always used the familiar blue and yellow Lidl logo. Last year Lidl accused Tesco of infringement of their registered trade mark rights in relation to two versions of this logo: the...
by Sean Hughes | Aug 5, 2022 | Trademarks
Background Despite difficulties in practice, Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2015/2436 provides that colours can be registered as trade marks. A colour must, however, constitute a ‘sign’ and it is this context which has made the process of registering a colour as a trade...
by Eddie Bishop | Jun 28, 2022 | Trademarks
The UKIPO refused both marks under Section 3(6) TMA on the ground that the applications were filed in bad faith due to the inclusion of the footballers’ names. This decision from the UKIPO was upheld following a hearing, during which GTS was invited to file letters of...
by Sean Hutchinson | May 31, 2022 | Trademarks
Background In 2021, both Luxembourg’s Tribunal d’arrondissement and Belgium’s Tribunal de l’entreprise francophone de Bruxelles referred cases to the CJEU as Case C-148/21 and Case C 184/21, respectively. These referrals asked the CJEU to decide whether the operator...
by Sean Hutchinson | Jan 24, 2022 | Trademarks
Background On 11 March 2020, Little Hare Gin Company Limited (hereinafter, “the Applicant”) applied to register a UK trade mark for a series of logos developed for a range of goods and services, most notably including “gin” in Class 33. Each logo comprised an image of...
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