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…
Mia McIntyre
Mia McIntyre
Legal and Trade Mark Administrator
Sophie Rann
Sophie Rann
Trade Mark Attorney
Variant use, promotional use & partial revocation: easyGroup partially successful at the Court of Appeal

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…
Julian Graf Wrangel
Julian Graf Wrangel
Associate, Rechtsanwalt
Sales of own products qualify as genuine use for retail services: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPO’s restrictive approach

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…
Charlotte Duly
Charlotte Duly
Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
SkyKick in practice: broad specification leads to finding of bad faith

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…
Ella Lane
Ella Lane
Associate, Solicitor
Phil Leonard
Phil Leonard
Associate, Solicitor
Iconix v Dream Pairs: UK Supreme Court confirms relevance of post-sale confusion in infringement assessment

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…
Jennifer Heath
Jennifer Heath
Senior Associate, Trade Mark Attorney
Comparable UK trade marks and genuine use: post-Brexit update

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.
Charlotte Duly
Charlotte Duly
Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
Domain name disputes: decision considers use of a trade mark by a reseller

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…
Richard Burton
Richard Burton
Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
UK trade mark appeal dismissed following issues related to use of AI

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

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