December 7, 2018

Five days of Brexit - 5. What about references to ‘the EU’ in my agreements?

Trademarks,  Brexit,  Commercial Contracts,  IP basics

December 6, 2018

Five days of Brexit - 4. What about ongoing oppositions?

Trademarks,  Brexit,  Disputes,  IP basics

December 5, 2018

Five days of Brexit - 3. What about non use?

Trademarks,  Brexit,  IP basics

December 4, 2018

Five days of Brexit - 2. What about pending EU applications?

Trademarks,  Brexit,  IP basics

December 3, 2018

Five days of Brexit - 1. What if the UK government are slow to implement?

Trademarks,  Brexit,  Disputes,  IP basics

November 23, 2018

Black [Market] Friday and Cyber [fraud] Monday: are some deals just too good to be true?

Online Brand Enforcement,  Domains,  Advertising,  Anti-Counterfeiting

November 21, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog - Brexit: Approaching escape velocity

November 7, 2018

Stobbs Tier 1 Rankings Revealed!

October 15, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – Mitsubishi Lifts Law on Parallel Imports to New Heights

October 2, 2018

Plumbing Problems – Late Filed Defence Accepted

Disputes

September 26, 2018

Brexit: Deal or No Deal

Trademarks,  Brexit,  Designs & Copyright,  Patents

September 25, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – UK IPO to Gleissner: UK no place for bad faith

Trademarks,  Disputes

August 28, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog - Repackaging our Understanding of Legitimate Reasons in Parallel Imports

Trademarks

August 23, 2018

Difficulties in registering Chartered Trade Mark Attorney as a trade mark

Trademarks

August 13, 2018

Brexit: Dealers choice

Brexit

August 6, 2018

Word switch wasn’t smart enough for UBS

Trademarks,  Finance,  Disputes

July 31, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog - Brexit: Assurances on preservation of rights

Brexit

July 26, 2018

KIT KAT Woe, Two in a Row

Food & Drink,  Trademarks,  Disputes

July 16, 2018

Stobbs contributes to EUIPO Quality Assurance Panel

Trademarks

July 11, 2018

Parallel Imports – Do I have a Legitimate Reason to Object?

Trademarks,  Anti-Counterfeiting

July 2, 2018

UKIPO publishes its response to consultation on implementing the new EUTM Directive

Trademarks,  Brexit

June 29, 2018

Safe Skies Fails to Unpick this Lock

Trademarks,  Travel,  Disputes

June 27, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – UK Supreme Court decides brand owners should pay costs of implementing blocking injunctions

Trademarks

June 22, 2018

The Little Red Sole strikes again, and this time it scores…

Fashion,  Trademarks,  Disputes

June 20, 2018

Pawsecco: No more PDO puns

Food & Drink,  Trademarks,  Disputes

June 13, 2018

A not-so-mythical error in law

Trademarks,  Travel,  Disputes

June 11, 2018

Hotel Chocolat and Waitrose: the 1* Chocolate Bar

Food & Drink,  Designs & Copyright

June 8, 2018

It doesn’t take much to be inspired

Trademarks,  Sport,  Disputes

June 4, 2018

TiVo’s evidence fails to entertain the UKIPO

Trademarks,  Tech,  Arts & Entertainment,  Disputes

May 31, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – No let-up for SULETS as 'use in a locality' defence fails

Trademarks,  Disputes

May 29, 2018

Stobbs' success recognised in the World Trademark Review and Legal 500

May 23, 2018

You can bet on it - BET365 found to have acquired distinctiveness by the General Court

Trademarks,  Arts & Entertainment

May 18, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – Entering the post-Brexit domain

Brexit,  Domains

April 23, 2018

What will the GDPR mean for WHOIS?

Online Brand Enforcement,  Domains

April 17, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – Brexit: Draft Fallout

Trademarks,  Brexit

April 6, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – Brexit: A Working Draft - Part ii: Designs

Brexit,  Designs & Copyright

March 23, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – Successful decision for L’Oréal against barefaced infringement by RNV

Designs & Copyright,  Beauty

March 20, 2018

These shoes ain’t made for walking, but is trade mark law going to walk all over Louboutin?

Fashion,  Trademarks

March 16, 2018

Birkenstock’s sole sign declared invalid

Fashion,  Trademarks,  Disputes

March 14, 2018

Stobbs awarded UK Trade Mark Prosecution firm of the year 2018

March 14, 2018

If at first you don't succeed…

Food & Drink,  Trademarks,  Disputes

March 12, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog – Brexit: A Working Draft

Trademarks,  Brexit

March 8, 2018

It’s not over until the fat lady sings – Curtain call for Florence Foster Jenkins grapples with a thorny issue around cost caps

Designs & Copyright,  Arts & Entertainment,  Disputes

March 5, 2018

Wedding dress found appealing

Fashion,  Designs & Copyright,  Celebrity,  Disputes

February 28, 2018

An ENIGMAtic brand name

Patents

February 23, 2018

Stobbs takes part in EUIPO decision auditing

Trademarks

February 20, 2018

Swiss Military trade mark fight

Trademarks,  Disputes

February 20, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog - (SKY)KICKing important questions of clarity and bad faith from the UK to the CJEU

Trademarks,  Telecoms

February 19, 2018

UKIPO update - Government begins consultation on implementing the new EUTM Directive

Trademarks,  Brexit

February 16, 2018

Coty gets luxury treatment in a preliminary ruling from the CJEU

Commercial Contracts,  Disputes,  Beauty

February 12, 2018

Stobbs in the CITMA Review - Face-off: Swatch took just 'one more step' too far

Fashion,  Trademarks,  Tech,  Disputes

February 6, 2018

iPad, Mi Pad, Your Pad?

Trademarks,  Tech,  Disputes

February 2, 2018

Does that taste like Champagne to you?

Food & Drink,  Disputes

January 31, 2018

Making .UK OK: Agencies Refer Record Numbers of UK Domains

Online Brand Enforcement,  Automotive,  Travel,  Domains,  Anti-Counterfeiting,  Finance,  Arts & Entertainment,  Beauty,  Toys,  Pharma

January 29, 2018

Red Bull left feeling blue (and silver)

Food & Drink,  Trademarks

January 25, 2018

Kluwer Trademark Blog - Brexit: High Law Society

Trademarks,  Brexit,  Patents

January 23, 2018

Hitting the right notes – Florence Foster Jenkins provides helpful guidance on joint ownership of copyright

Designs & Copyright,  Celebrity,  Arts & Entertainment

January 9, 2018

The Power and Penumbra of Unfair Advantage

Food & Drink,  Trademarks,  Disputes

January 4, 2018

British Airways' wings clipped by Michael Gleissner

Trademarks,  Travel,  Disputes

January 2, 2018

Stobbs in the CITMA Review - Most UKIPO appearances 2013-2017