IP Cases & Articles

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) handed down its judgment concerning the validity of the mark FLOWERBX, which was protected in relation to flowers and retail services in relation to flowers, and its infringement by the use of the sign…

In Automobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO) v Omologato Ltd, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) found that uses of LE MANS, LM and LMR by a watch manufacturer infringed the claimant’s class 14 marks under sections 10(1), 10(2) and 10(3)…

The European Commission has fined AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA), the largest penalty issued under the regulation to date. The e-commerce platform failed to properly police illegal, unsafe and counterfeit goods.

The General Court has found OPENAI descriptive and dismissed OpenAI’s challenge to the EUIPO; a reminder that fame and distinctiveness are not the same thing.

AI has become an integral part of everyday life, but its growing role raises new legal questions, including in trade mark and unfair competition law. The Regional Court of Berlin II recently addressed whether AI-generated overviews constitute trade mark use.

The European Commission has fined AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA), the largest penalty issued under the regulation to date. The e-commerce platform failed to properly police illegal, unsafe and counterfeit goods.

On 01 August 2026, Jersey is introducing new primary trade mark legislation. From this date, the system will no longer rely on extending granted UK rights. As well as becoming independent from the UK trade mark system, Jersey will become…

As AI-generated music, voice cloning and deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated, artists, labels and platforms are having to rethink how creative identities are protected. This article looks at how trade marks, including sound, motion and image marks, may help protect artists’…

At the recent FIFA World Cup 2026, one of the tournament’s most talked-about marketing moments did not come from an official sponsor, but from an attempt to conceal a well-known trade mark. The episode involving Levi’s Stadium provides a useful…

easyGroup did not satisfy the IPEC that the easyGroup family of marks were infringed by Cubico’s "Easy Bathrooms".

The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that platforms deploying an algorithm to present user content may not have access to “safe harbour” protection from liability.