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Optis v Apple update: SEP & FRAND
16 July 2019
In Optis v Apple, Optis is asserting against Apple that seven of its patents are valid, essential and infringed and…
Glenfiddich on the rocks
09 July 2019
In a recent trade mark opposition, William Grant & Sons Ltd, the biggest independent whisky company in Scotland and owner…
Headstock in the clouds? Don’t fret (just yet)
09 July 2019
Paul Reed Smith Guitars’ (PRS) trade mark for a guitar headstock was held to be non-distinctive by the Board of…
UKIPO success for THE X FACTOR against THE PETS FACTOR
09 July 2019
The UKIPO has recently rejected an application to register the trade mark THE PETS FACTOR for a variety of goods…
Adding adjectival suffix “IC” to VIRGIN causes likelihood of confusion
09 July 2019
Virgin Enterprises Ltd (Virgin) has won an appeal against a UKIPO decision dismissing its opposition to the mark VIRGINIC in…
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