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Rouse
Raising valuable funds for your business is difficult and will only become tougher. A combination of geopolitical instability, macroeconomic headwinds, and a drying up of IPOs...
Marks & Clerk
With the Masters starting this Thursday (11 April 2024), we are certainly in for four days of world class golf on one of the most renowned golf courses on the planet.
Marks & Clerk
Amazon's annual Brand Protection Report was released this week, detailing the work done in 2023 to tackle infringement on its platforms.
Marks & Clerk
Lidl, a discount supermarket with a presence in the UK since 1994, has been successful in an infringement and passing off claim against Tesco, the largest supermarket chain in the UK.
K&L Gates
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales upheld the previous judgment (see here) that Tesco Clubcard logos infringed Lidl's trade marks and constituted passing off.
Jones Day
In a stark alert to providers of global e-commerce services, the UK's most senior court has upheld an earlier decision that Amazon "targeted" UK customers for sales of U.S. goods on its U.S. website...
HGF Ltd
On the 27th February 2024, the English Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Aldi Stores Limited (‘Aldi') against an earlier decision of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (‘IPEC')...
Maucher Jenkins
In allowing an appeal against the dismissal of a claim for trade mark infringement, the Court of Appeal has highlighted the importance of considering post-sale confusion and how the potentially infringing sign ...
HGF Ltd
The aerospace industry has long been associated with cutting-edge technology and innovation. With the ambitious target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the development of innovative...
Marks & Clerk
We have recently seen further consolidation of the practice adopted by Trade Marks Offices around the world in relation to the classification of NFTs and virtual goods.
Lewis Silkin
Welcome to the February 2024 edition of our Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising, marketing and brand-owning businesses.
Potter Clarkson
Counterfeit products are everywhere. According to the US National Crime Prevention Council, it is now an industry that boasts an annual turnover of $2 trillion...
HLK
Last year, the High Court decided that Tesco's use of its Clubcard Prices logo (shown above) constituted trade mark infringement, passing off and copyright infringement of Lidl's logo (also above)...
Marks & Clerk
The trend for unusual brand collaborations across sectors is continuing, with the announcement of a partnership between fashion brand PrettyLittleThing and Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
European Union
HGF Ltd
Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis discuss the recent decision of the General Court of the European Union, which upheld previous decisions of the EUIPO to cancel a Community Design Registration...
Novagraaf Group
In a recent trademark decision in the UK, the Supreme Court considered what constitutes targeting in relation to cross-border e-commerce and infringing use of UK and EU...
Potter Clarkson
The 2024 SME Fund offered by the European Intellectual Property office (EUIPO) is now live. The scheme aims to help EU-based small and medium-sized...
Jones Day
Section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, provides that neither the UK Court of Appeal nor Supreme Court...
Worldwide
Marks & Clerk
What do Tequila, Scotch Whisky, Champagne and Cognac all have in common? Aside from being tipples that some might like to enjoy from time to time, they are all protected as geographical designations.
Rouse
For more than a decade, our CHORUS software platform has been consolidating enforcement data to help brand-protection teams illuminate blind spots in their anti-counterfeiting strategies.
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