The Court ruled that the post-sale context can be relevant when establishing similarity between trade marks....more
The United Kingdom Supreme Court’s decision in SkyKick v Sky highlights a critical trademark risk: Registering a brand for an overly broad range of products and services without an intent to use it across all categories can...more
The UK Supreme Court has issued a landmark judgment dealing with specific bad faith considerations for trade marks....more
The wait is over! The UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in the closely followed and long-running litigation between Sky, the well-known television and broadband company, and SkyKick, a lesser-known cloud computing...more
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, amounting to trademark...more
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that trade mark owners should pay the costs of implementing a court order requiring UK ISPs to block access to websites selling counterfeit goods. This is a reversal of previous...more
R v M; R v C and R v T - The Supreme Court has held that the criminal sanctions under section 92(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (“the Act”) will apply to the sale or so called “grey” market goods as well as counterfeit...more
In a decision that will be a disappointment to Community design right holders, the Supreme Court last week rejected an appeal by Magmatic Limited ("Magmatic"), the creators of the successful "Trunki" ride-on suitcases,...more