IP-Fälle und Artikel
Variant use, promotional use & partial revocation: easyGroup partially successful at the Court of Appeal
01 September 2025
Two recent Court of Appeal decisions, easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd (EasyLive) and easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd…
Sales of own products qualify as genuine use for retail services: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPO’s restrictive approach
01 September 2025
The Board of Appeal has confirmed that retail services limited to the trade mark proprietor’s own products may constitute genuine…
SkyKick in practice: broad specification leads to finding of bad faith
01 September 2025
The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has applied the Supreme Court judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and Anor v…
Iconix v Dream Pairs: UK Supreme Court confirms relevance of post-sale confusion in infringement assessment
01 September 2025
This Supreme Court decision highlights the relevance of post-sale confusion to the assessment of similarity and confusion in UK trade…
Comparable UK trade marks and genuine use: post-Brexit update
01 September 2025
On 01 January 2021, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) cloned existing EU trade mark registrations and protected EU…
Domain name disputes: decision considers use of a trade mark by a reseller
19 August 2025
The Czech Arbitration Court recently ruled in a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) dispute over the domain name lostmarydirect.com.
UK trade mark appeal dismissed following issues related to use of AI
10 Juli 2025
In a recent UKIPO trade mark appeal, questions were raised by the appointed person in relation to the use (or…
Small sales, (just) enough evidence: 132 perfume sales reverse non-use finding
01 Juli 2025
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Board of Appeal partially annulled a decision that revoked Laurice El Badry Rahme…
Vape wars: interim injunctions, unjustified threats and the battle for the “Crystal Bar”
01 Juli 2025
This recent High Court decision concerning an application for an interim injunction by the defendant to restrain the claimant from…
The neutralisation principle: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPO decision
01 Juli 2025
CFL Australia Pty Ltd (the applicant) applied for the mark GOTCHA, covering a range of goods (tea, coffee, snacks, etc)…
Inherent distinctiveness and signs depicting products: norms and customs test insufficient in itself
01 Juli 2025
This ex partes decision concerns the refusal of a figurative trade mark depicting a product (the lid of a lip…
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