Edwards v boohoo: UK unregistered designs on trial

01 July 2025
Design rights play an important role in the fashion industry. In this case between the designer, Sonia Edwards, and the…
Phil Leonard
Phil Leonard
Associate, Solicitor
Edwards v boohoo: UK unregistered designs on trial

Small sales, (just) enough evidence: 132 perfume sales reverse non-use finding

01 July 2025
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Board of Appeal partially annulled a decision that revoked Laurice El Badry Rahme…
Agnieszka Stephenson
Agnieszka Stephenson
Associate, Solicitor
Small sales, (just) enough evidence: 132 perfume sales reverse non-use finding

Vape wars: interim injunctions, unjustified threats and the battle for the “Crystal Bar”

01 July 2025
This recent High Court decision concerning an application for an interim injunction by the defendant to restrain the claimant from…
Ella Lane
Ella Lane
Associate, Solicitor
Vape wars: interim injunctions, unjustified threats and the battle for the “Crystal Bar”

The neutralisation principle: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPO decision

01 July 2025
CFL Australia Pty Ltd (the applicant) applied for the mark GOTCHA, covering a range of goods (tea, coffee, snacks, etc)…
Peter Byrd
Peter Byrd
Senior Associate, Solicitor
The neutralisation principle: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPO decision

Inherent distinctiveness and signs depicting products: norms and customs test insufficient in itself

01 July 2025
This ex partes decision concerns the refusal of a figurative trade mark depicting a product (the lid of a lip…
Sophie Rann
Sophie Rann
Trade Mark Assistant
Inherent distinctiveness and signs depicting products: norms and customs test insufficient in itself

Exhaustion of IP after Brexit: clarity from UK Government in response to consultation

01 July 2025
Following the UK’s departure from the EU, the UK ceased to be bound by the EU’s rules on intellectual property…
Kamila Geremek
Kamila Geremek
Solicitor
Exhaustion of IP after Brexit: clarity from UK Government in response to consultation

PAN 1/25: change to UKIPO trade mark specification practice following SkyKick

27 June 2025
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has issued new guidance covering the examination of UK trade marks following the Supreme…
Charlotte Duly
Charlotte Duly
Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
PAN 1/25: change to UKIPO trade mark specification practice following SkyKick

G 1/24 confirms the description and drawings should always be consulted when interpreting claims

19 June 2025
The eagerly awaited European Patent Office (EPO) decision G 1/24 has finally issued and provides much needed clarity on the…
Stephanie Wroe
Stephanie Wroe
Associate, Patent Attorney
G 1/24 confirms the description and drawings should always be consulted when interpreting claims

The engine of precision farming: AI and agritech at the EPO

19 June 2025
Precision farming is a rapidly growing area of technology likely to prove increasingly critical for a world needing to feed…
Arun Roy
Arun Roy
Partner, Patent Attorney
The engine of precision farming: AI and agritech at the EPO

EUIPO’s study on GenAI and copyright

18 June 2025
On 12 May 2025, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) released a detailed report analysing how generative AI (GenAI)…
Gabriele Engels
Gabriele Engels
Partner, Rechtsanwältin
EUIPO’s study on GenAI and copyright

Agritech innovation: how IP is cultivating the farms of the future

16 June 2025
With the latest season of “Clarkson’s Farm” streaming on Amazon Prime, modern agriculture has once again captured the public’s imagination.…
Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jackson
Partner, Patent Attorney
Agritech innovation: how IP is cultivating the farms of the future

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