Lip tapes and lawyers: UKIPO considers weak distinctiveness, bad faith and the weight of evidence
10 November 2025
Two recent UKIPO opposition decisions demonstrate the pitfalls and evidential hurdles when relying on marks with low distinctive character and…
CJEU: no room for national provisions on forfeiture of rights - EU Trademark Directive fully harmonises acquiescence
10 November 2025
In its recent Lunapark v Hardeco judgement (C-452/24), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered a…
Bottle labels: copyright infringement and passing off
10 November 2025
Protection is available to artists, where the copying is substantial, and where they have generated goodwill in relation to their…
Acquiring earlier marks, fame negating confusion and (not) a family of marks argument: easyGroup v Premier Inn Hotels
10 November 2025
In August 2025, easyGroup’s trade mark infringement claim against Premier Inn’s use of signs containing “REST EASY” in relation to…
Who knew air vents could be so interesting! General Court decision expands the concept of partial use
10 November 2025
The applicant, Bouwbenodigdheden Hoogeveen BV (BHB) has a European Union trade mark (EUTM) registration for BIENENBEISSER covering metal building materials…
Bad faith: UKIPO applies SkyKick in “Grayn” case
10 November 2025
In this case, the length and breadth of the applied for specification gave rise to a successful bad faith claim…
Lessons in clarity and precision from Thom Browne and Babek: what qualifies as a registrable trade mark?
06 November 2025
In two judgments, issued on the same day, the Court of Appeal set out the lay of the land for…
From space-grade plastics to foaming polymers: the next generation of 3D printing materials
05 November 2025
In recent years, the popularity of fused deposition modelling (FDM, also known as fused filament fabrication, FFF) 3D printing has…
First UPC injunction covering the UK: Fujifilm v Kodak
31 October 2025
In Fujifilm v Kodak (UPC_CFI_365/2023) the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) granted a permanent injunction covering…
Sufficiency of antibody claims defined by discontinuous epitopes: T0435/20 & T0326/22
31 October 2025
The European Patent Office (EPO) Boards of Appeal have recently issued two contrasting decisions (T0435/20 & T0326/22), examining the relevant…
Claim interpretation: emerging trends on what “consulting the description/drawings” in G 1/24 may mean
31 October 2025
Decisions applying the ruling of G1/24 are now being issued. In this article, we review some of these decisions and…
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