IP-Fälle und Artikel
Establishing genuine use of business and retail services: Habitat’s class 35 services revoked on appeal
01 Mai 2024
Habitat is a furniture and home furnishings company. It sells goods online and in stores across the EU. Habitat had…
Every Lidl helps? The saga continues at the Court of Appeal
01 Mai 2024
Whilst succeeding in its appeal against copyright infringement, Tesco has failed to overturn first instance findings of trade mark infringement…
COMPTON… straight outta where? Fashion styles and the importance of gangsta rap for hip hop culture
01 Mai 2024
In 1988 the hip hop group N.W.A. released the album Straight outta Compton. In 2015 a documentary of the same…
Dry January: is the sobriety slogan too generic for trade mark protection?
01 Mai 2024
In a recent decision from the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), Big Drop Brewing Company Limited opposed the trade mark…
Irish referendum on UPC participation postponed
18 April 2024
The referendum to vote on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been delayed.
Celebrating 100 newsletters: patent decisions 2007-2024
18 April 2024
To celebrate our 100th patent newsletter we’ve compiled a condensed overview of the eighteen years’ worth of case law and…
UPC favours SMEs for language change: claimants ordered to sue in the language of the granted patent
18 April 2024
Two orders from the UPC Courts of First Instance suggest claimants will not be able to cause trouble for SMEs…
Patents in the media: UKIPO report review
18 April 2024
The general public tends to derive its understanding of intellectual property (IP) from reporting in the media. As part of…
Not an invention: excluded subject matter at the UKIPO
18 April 2024
A patent may be granted for an invention which, among other requirements, is new and which involves an inventive step…
I spy with my little eye…How to invalidate your own design!
18 April 2024
In its decision of 06 March 2024 the General Court confirmed the invalidity of Puma’s design for the “Fenty x…
UPC: Paris Central Division rejects extended revocation defence filing times
15 April 2024
Given the tight procedural deadlines employed by the Unified Patent Court (UPC) it is unsurprising that since the court opened…
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