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Do I have to identify the designer?
It is possible to waive the name of the designer when filing a European Community Design, but you should be sure that you have the rights to the design
The bomb has fallen on Amazon… The High Court drops a bath bomb on Amazon by finding in favour of LUSH over infringement of their trademark in an area of the law previously in soapy waters. The latest decision concerning online trademark use may...
After filing your trademark application, have you received unsolicited requests for money and scam invoices? If you have filed a UK or European trademark application, then the chances are that you have received an unwelcome approach. Do not make...
China’s ‘first to file’ approach to securing a trademark registration has always overwhelmed prior user rights. As such, it is possible for a thriving business to see their rights appropriated, and their expansion plans curtailed, if they allow...
Cadbury / Nestlé Cadbury attempted to register the colour purple in relation to a range of chocolate goods to be "applied to the whole visible surface, or being the predominant colour applied to the whole visible surface, of the packaging of the...
A recent decision of the High court of Justice confirms that use of a celebrity image, in this case Rihanna, can constitute Passing off when applied to a t-shirt and sold in a major high street store. The facts In March 2012, Topshop started...
The first wave of internet expansion is now upon us. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has now released the first generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) for registration purposes. This will allow trademark owners,...
You should give careful consideration to the choice of your brand name. It will become a valuable asset, but if you choose a name that is too similar to someone else’s you may be forced to rebrand or, in the worst case scenario, face legal...
If you haven't already found our 3D Trade Marks quiz, have a go and see whether you can guess which registrations were allowed and which were refused. Although a trademark is conventionally recognised as a word and/or logo, in theory trademarks...
