This appeal focused on two commonly used defences to a claim of trade mark infringement: adding of the company name, and acquiescence. In the case of the former...

Aspiring fashion designers and start-up companies do not always have the time or resources to consider protecting their brands in overseas markets

Not yet! The UK Court of Appeal has recently held that if yoghurt described in the UK as Greek has not been made in Greece, then it has been misrepresented.

As a holder of intellectual property (IP) rights you have the tools you need to protect the results of your creativity and innovation.

After a number of setbacks (not least in the United Kingdom) in its ambition to hold a valid EU trade mark registration for the shape of its four-finger Kit Kat chocolate bar...

Earlier this year it was reported that Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, was launching a new lifestyle brand "American Riviera Orchard".

The ‘patent bargain' is sacrosanct in any patent system ie the monopoly reward for the patentee disclosing his/her invention to the world for use after...

In this article, Paul Harris, Dehns' Head of Litigation, reviews the recent Evans V Joseph Joseph Ltd case which considers the licensing of design rights and the burden of protection.

The increasing use of apps to sell goods and services, frequently means that what the public use to identify and/or recall a specific supplier, is their logo. This is all the more so, if the purveyor of the goods/services has ...

China is currently only the 12th largest market for champagne exports in the world but it is the fastest growing.

Although rare, a problem arises when an English court finds a EP(UK) valid and infringed only for the EPO to find it invalid, or the claim set amended taking the infringement outside the scope of protection.

Last weekend, ‘Hugo Boss' was trending on Twitter. Not, however, because of a product launch or advertising campaign relating to the luxury fashion brand,...

The coming months are set to see the biggest ever shake-up of the internet domain name landscape.

In 2019, the UK reached the milestone of over 1 million women working in STEM occupations, and 2020 statistics show this number continues to grow.

If you have a presence on the British fashion scene, but have not yet registered your trade marks in China, then you could be taking an expensive risk.

The government has recently issued a notice outlining the effect on the UK patent system were the UK to leave the EU without an agreement (a "no deal" scenario) in March 2019.

Like many celebrities these days, David and Victoria Beckham are no strangers to brand protection and the benefits it can bring.

All clients want their legal team to be clever and creative in solving a problem faced by the client. But sometimes the tactics adopted while seemingly legitimate, nevertheless call into question the fairness of the problem solving action.

Perhaps not the ideal way to see in the new year, but rumour has it that one employee of Bass Brewery spent the cold New Year's Eve of 1875 queuing outside the then Patent Office.

Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited (Avago) brought an infringement action against Tesla Germany GmBH and Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg SE (Tesla) on 1 June 2023, accusing Tesla of infringing Avago's patent EP 1 612 910. Tesla contested Avago's ownership of the patent, as well as counterclaiming for the invalidity of the patent.