Category: Trade Marks
Victory for ‘Peppa Pig’ – Peppa’s win on Trade Mark Invalidity Claim
| 26th March 2019
The owners of a hugely popular British animated series, ‘Peppa Pig’, have successfully won their bid to invalidate a Mark, arguably evocative of their well-known ‘Peppa Pig’ character. Peppa Pig first graced our TV screens back in May 200 …
Trade Marks in a Post-Brexit World: The Implications of ‘No Deal’
| 5th March 2019
As the countdown towards Brexit draws nearer, we appear to be edging closer than ever to a “no deal” situation, particularly given the recent turn of political events. From an IP perspective, this will no doubt represent a period of substantial …
Albright IP Ranks Amongst the Top UK Filers of Registered Designs
| 4th January 2019
The December edition of The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Review (CITMA) has revealed that Albright IP has ranked in the top 50 of the country’s IP attorneys. Albright IP were noted in the magazine as one of the firms who has helped …
Football’s coming home: Ambush Marketing surrounding the 2018 FIFA World Cup
| 11th July 2018
Is it allowed, not allowed, or just clever? Everyone at Albright IP is joining the rest of England holding their breath; after 52 years can England finally bring the World Cup and football “home” again? Unfortunately, none of us here are …
Albright IP amongst Europe’s Top Trade Mark Attorneys
| 12th June 2018
Europe’s highest-ranking filers of trade marks have been listed for the first time, and Albright IP has been ranked within the top 250 attorney filing firms in Europe. Collated by BIPP, IP data specialists based in Belgium, the figures are based …
Albright IP Brexit update: May 2018
| 15th May 2018
The United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union on the 29 March 2019. Whilst the precise terms of exit are yet to be agreed, in March 2018, the European Commission and the UK published the first draft of a Withdrawal Agreement. This …
Do you remember the Marlboro Man? A World without Trade Marks
| 9th May 2018
On the 20 May 2016, standardised plain cigarette packaging became compulsory in the United Kingdom. On the second anniversary of this legislation, Albright IP has been considering the effect it has had on the trade marks traditionally ass …
Playing Chicken: NANDO’S v FERNANDO’S
| 20th March 2018
If you are ‘gallinivorous’ (someone who eats chickens), it is fair to say you are having a rough time. In February, the national Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) shortage temporarily closed almost two-thirds of the United Kingdom’s KFC branches. In …
“BBC English” really? BBC’s Trade Mark infringement battle in China
| 19th February 2018
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC), is the world’s most established national broadcaster, but it is the latest international company to become embroiled in a Trade Mark infringement case in China. The BBC has brought an action against Beijin …
“Call a Cab” …the iconic London taxi is not a valid registered Trade Mark?!
| 12th February 2018
The future of the hackney carriage, black cab or London taxi, hangs in the balance as a dispute surrounding whether the shape of the traditional London black cab is a valid registered Trade Mark. In November 2017, the Court of Appeal uphe …
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