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Morgan Lewis

UK Supreme Court Confirms Post-Sale Context Is a Basis for Trademark Infringement

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The UK Supreme Court recently handed down judgement in the case of Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v. Dream Pairs Europe Inc. The decision has provided important clarity on the question of whether post-sale confusion is...more

Jones Day

UK Supreme Court Holds Post-Sale Confusion is Relevant for Establishing Trade Mark Infringement

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The Court ruled that the post-sale context can be relevant when establishing similarity between trade marks....more

A&O Shearman

Crowd control caution: how a crowded market may affect your trade mark protection

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The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the existence of a “crowded market” and any coexistence terms entered into by parties may be relevant factors in assessing likelihood of confusion. While the Lifestyle Equities v Royal...more

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HALLOUMI collective mark fails to prevent trade mark registration for GRILLOUMI

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The High Court has recently upheld the UKIPO’s decision that GRILLOUMI and GRILLOUMAKI can be registered as trade marks, despite opposition from the owners of the collective mark HALLOUMI. This decision highlights the...more

International Lawyers Network

UK Appeal Court: Beware of the “Side-By-Side” Trade Mark Comparison

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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

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Indirect confusion: What is it good for?

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While both direct and indirect confusion occur in the real world, the use of this distinction in the legal test of a likelihood of confusion is unnecessary. Further, the requirement to explain a finding of indirect confusion...more

Hogan Lovells

Getting prickly - Happy New Year to the ongoing UK intellectual property dispute over Colin the Caterpillar.

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At the end of last year, following months of procedural silence (and public noise), Aldi filed a much-awaited Defence in the ongoing intellectual property dispute over Colin the Caterpillar. We take a look at how this dispute...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Is Evidence of Confusion Really Necessary to Succeed in a Trademark Infringement Case?

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It is not every day that a massive international TV hit show is found to infringe a trade mark. A decision of the English High Court, approved recently by the Court of Appeal, held that the popular 20th Century Fox teenage...more

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