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Oppositions flock to BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANTS
Black Sheep Restaurants Limited applied to register the figurative EU trade mark shown below, featuring a sheep device above the wording “BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANTS”, for “restaurant services” and “services for providing food and drink” in class 43. -
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WIPO update for Hague design applications designating Japan
In what is very welcome news, WIPO has recently announced a significant streamlining of international Hague registered design applications which designate Japan moving forward. -
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The gravity of Brexit - post Brexit technical questions and a deadline reminder
The deadline of 30 September 2021 to file a UK application claiming priority from an EU trade mark application which was pending on 30 December 2020 has passed. We would like to thank all our clients for their timely instructions to meet this deadline. The run up to 30 September… -
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Frida Kahlo: portrait of a woman
In 2019, Mara Cristina Teresa Romeo Pinedo applied to register the trade mark shown below at the EUIPO in relation to various goods in classes 3, 9, 14, 16 and 25. -
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Trade mark defendant successfully establishes earlier use of ARCHANGEL ALCHEMY
In trade mark litigation, it is critical to consider all potential obstacles lying in the path of a successful outcome. Prior unregistered rights of an alleged infringer are just such obstacles, which can be easily overlooked or their importance misunderstood or misjudged. In the recent judgment Claire Stone v Alexandra… -
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UK design registration database - design cloning process update
The UKIPO has been updating the UK design register to include all newly cloned UK design registrations stemming from affected EU design registrations, and international Hague design registrations designating the EU. -
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EPO stays proceedings in light of questions referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in G2/21
As we reported in early November 2021, three questions concerning how strictly the EPO’s “plausibility” standard should be applied have been formally referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under case G 2/21. -
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Registered designs in the EU and UK getting into the thick(et) of it
When it comes to protecting the appearance of a given product in either the EU or the UK, the registered design regime can be one of the most potent tools for dealing with competitors looking to imitate the appearance of the product. Indeed, unlike other forms of ”visual” IP protection,… -
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Computer implemented inventions in CNIPA and the EPO - recent developments of examination practice
Back in February of 2020, in recognising the rapid growth of the patent filing trend of computer implemented inventions (CIIs) and the expanding role of these new technologies in the Chinese economy, particularly in the fields of AI, Internet+, big data and block chain, the China National Intellectual Property Administration… -
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UKIPO launches call for views on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)
The UK intellectual property office has launched a call for views on standard essential patents (SEPs). The call for views will last for 12 weeks, closing on 01 March at 11.45pm. Responses to the call for views will inform how the UK SEPs framework supports innovation, promotes competition and whether…
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