Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 29 (26 January 2024) - When assessing the likelihood of confusion between two marks in a trade mark clearance or infringement context, the...more
In the recent decision of the UK Patents Court in Oxford University Innovation v Oxford Nanoimaging Limited [2022] EWHC 3200 (Pat), the Court was asked to consider whether UK legislation protecting consumers from unfair...more
A mere three and a half years after the 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union, the UK looks set to “leave” the EU on 31 January 2020. Instead of exiting without a deal (which at one stage looked distinctly...more
1/23/2020
/ Clones ,
EU ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) ,
Exit Day ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Jurisdiction ,
Renewal Fees ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) ,
Use in Commerce ,
Withdrawal Agreement
A dispute concerning the screenplay for the 2016 Hollywood biographical comedy “Florence Foster Jenkins” (FFJ) – a film about a tone-deaf New York socialite who labours under the delusion that she is a talented opera singer –...more
10/31/2019
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Authorship ,
Collaboration ,
Copyright ,
Designs and Patents Act 1988 ,
Evidence ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IPEC ,
Joint Authorship ,
New Trial ,
Reversal ,
Screenplays ,
UK
When TV format creator Mark Duffy struck upon the tongue-in-cheek name “The Pets Factor” for what was (presumably) a talent competition for domestic animals, he might well have smiled at his own ingenuity. Conversely, when...more
7/13/2019
/ Confusingly Similar ,
Entertainment Industry ,
EU ,
Goods or Services ,
Passing Off ,
Tarnishment ,
Television Shows ,
Trade Marks Act ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Opposition Proceedings ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
UK ,
Unfair Advantage