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The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has dismissed claims for trade mark infringement, passing off and copyright infringement made by Natasha Courtenay-Smith against two Portobello Road market traders.

The term "data scraping" has gained increased attention since the global data leaks of the Facebook service operated by Meta.

Compared to a patent, the utility model is simple and inexpensive to register, but one should not expect it to be too simple.

On 27 June 2025, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) published a Practice Amendment Notice (PAN 1/25), which empowers UK trade mark examiners to consider whether specifications of goods...

Music does not just accompany us on our way to work. It is present in almost every area of our daily lives. Whether in film and entertainment, the fashion industry...

On November 18 2024, the EU design reform was published in the Official Journal of the European Union as a revised Regulation ( Regulation (EU) 2024/2822...

The case concerned the registration of the specially mixed color tone "NJW Orange" as an abstract color trademark. The trademark was registered in 2009 based on acquired distinctiveness pursuant to Section...

It is a single patent granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) covering all European Union (EU) states that have ratified the relevant agreement at the date of grant of the patent.

On 5 July 2023, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released the results of its survey of small and mid-cap businesses involved in standardisation and licensing...

Social media is a powerful tool for promoting products. However, a common mistake that many designers and inventors make can significantly jeopardise the chances of protecting their intellectual property.

In allowing an appeal against the dismissal of a claim for trade mark infringement, the Court of Appeal has highlighted the importance of considering post-sale confusion and how the potentially infringing sign ...

In April 2021, Amazon reported Q1 net sales of $108.5 billion, representing a 44% increase on the same period in 2020.

In 2016, the EPO granted almost 96,000 patents, an increase of about 40% over the previous year.

With the publication last week of the new Design Directive and Regulation (see here), the question of whether the appearance of a component part of a complex product can be registered remains a live

GNAT licensed the mark to China Tang London Limited (CTL), which had run an opulently decorated Cantonese restaurant called "China Tang" at the Dorchester since 2005.

At the heart of the BGH's decision lies a conflict between two works bearing the identical title. The claimant, a public broadcasting institution, had secured title protection in 2009 for the title "Nie wieder keine Ahnung".

Obesity affects over 1.9 billion people worldwide. In 2024, global spend on anti-obesity medication exceeded $30 billion for the first time, which is over a ten-fold increase since 2020...

Article 4 of the Directive defines "normal use" as meaning use by an end user, excluding maintenance, servicing or repair work.