by Sean Hutchinson | Apr 24, 2025 | Trademarks
Background In this case, the claimant started infringement proceedings against the defendants in respect of four registered UK trade marks at the UK’s Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (“IPEC”). In reaching her decision, the IPEC judge (Her Honour Judge Melissa...
by Chloe Sullivan | Mar 10, 2025 | Designs & Copyright, US & International
The original AI image was modified by Kent Keirsey, CEO of Invoke AI and also the owner of the copyright registration in question. The image was modified using a technique called inpainting. The application to register “A Single Piece of American Cheese” was initially...
by Vicky Colley | Feb 18, 2025 | Trademarks
Background In November 2023, a Dutch national, filed a BENELUX application for the trade mark “ART PENGUIN”, shown below, covering goods in class 2, for paints, primer coatings and pigments, and class 16, for paper, bookbinding material, artist supplies and stationery...
by David Eyre | Feb 11, 2025 | Trademarks
Article 7 of the EU Trade Mark Regulation (EUTMR) states absolute grounds for refusal of registration of a trade mark including that a sign shall not be registered when the sign consists “exclusively of […] the shape, or another characteristic, of goods which is...
by Vicky Colley | Nov 12, 2024 | Trademarks
UK Opposition Fontana filed applications for the marks “GRILLOUMI” and “GRILLOUMAKI” in the UK for services relating to providing food and drink, coffee shops and restaurants, as well as goods including food products, and condiments. These...
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