Intellectual Property
Top tips for new businesses
Setting up a new business is certainly an exciting endeavour. Entrepreneurs are by and large enthusiastic and ambitious about their chosen sector. However, despite gaining valuable experience in, or thoroughly […]
Read moreOff-Road Tactics with Chinese IP Infringement
Intellectual Property (IP) is an exceptionally valuable asset to many businesses, and by no means least to the car manufacturing industry. The Range Rover Evoque was launched by Jaguar Land […]
Read moreThe final case of Sherlock Holmes
On 3 November this year, one of the longest-running adventures of famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes was finally put to rest. Holmes is surely among the most famous and popular characters […]
Read moreShanks for nothing
In a previous article we looked at the employee invention compensation case of Unilever plc –v- Shanks, where the Court held that an employee was entitled to a fair share […]
Read moreParliament passes right to caricature, parody and pastiche law
Following a vote in the House of Lords, a law has now been passed that will allow people to alter copyrighted work for “caricature, parody and pastiche”. The new law, […]
Read moreThink before you ink – Celebrities could face being sued over their tattoos
Sunday evening will see the San Francisco 49ers take on the Jacksonville Jaguars here in England at Wembley Stadium. The 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is nearly as famous for his […]
Read moreEnd of the purple reign
In a previous blog, we looked at the case of Société des Produits Nestlé SA –v- Cadbury UK Ltd (2012), in which the High Court allowed Cadbury’s application to register […]
Read moreThe beat goes on! Ministry of Sound sues Spotify for copyright infringement
Are you signed up to Spotify? Have you created an ‘Ibiza Annual 2013’ playlist to pay homage to your summer pilgrimage to the White Isle? Then you may have got […]
Read moreThe strength of the mighty?
When a wealthy and powerful firm takes offence at the use of a trade mark small firms are placed in a tricky situation. Do they stand firm or, in fear […]
Read moreAsymmetrical warfare in Intellectual Property
There is a lot of money in ideas. I’m not talking about inventions, necessarily, but the works of human imagination that are so frequently the subject of copyright and intellectual […]
Read moreThe Colour Purple
Under the Trade Marks Act 1994, a trade mark cannot be registered if it does not satisfy certain prescribed requirements, including that it must be a ‘sign’ and be capable […]
Read moreDot Gone
The World Wide Web has revolutionised the way people live in both their personal and professional lives, with every conceivable topic available at the click of a button. Internet users […]
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