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Edwards v boohoo: UK unregistered designs on trial
01 July 2025
Design rights play an important role in the fashion industry. In this case between the designer, Sonia Edwards, and the…
Small sales, (just) enough evidence: 132 perfume sales reverse non-use finding
01 July 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 July 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 July 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 July 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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