(Literally) Everything’s £1 – The Poundland domain landscape
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Lawn and Order: Miracle-Gro and Spruce tangle in trademark turf war
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A Tale of Two Judges: the “fair use” defense and GenAI model training
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- Designs + Copyright
Exploring a domain scoring system with ‘tricky’ brands
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- Brand Extension
(Sky)kicked to the curb due to finding of bad faith
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Yupoo: Image-sharing as a gateway to counterfeit sales
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Heel to heel: Iconix and Dream Pairs face off in Supreme Court showdown
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'Notorious IP addresses' and initial steps towards the formulation of an overall threat score for websites
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Speeding up the trade mark process in Singapore
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The new new-gTLDs – A wider domain of language support
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From Series to Simplicity: the UKIPO’s new trade mark approach
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Stable Diffusion or Unstable Grounds? Getty Images v Stability AI puts AI and IP in the spotlight
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Quevedo Port: a nuanced decision illuminating the boundaries of PDO protection
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An updated view of bad TLDs
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Late-night takeaways from the trade marks register
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Using clustering and investigation techniques to connect and identify scam law-firm websites
A Bitter Brew: Schweppes and MAY OOO clash over 'MAY TEA' trade mark
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How to avoid a sad beige ending: Lessons drawn from the sad beige influencer case
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It’s not as easy as your ABC – trade mark protection in the ABC Islands
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Reminder for brand owners with interests in Quebec
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UDRP Backfires: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision in Solar Hero GmbH v. SINCRONIELEVADA UNIPESSOAL Case
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Clause Encounters: how the Data (Use and Access) Bill rewrites the script for AI and creativity
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Still haven’t found what I’m looking for? – The EUIPO report on search-engine practices
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Glucose, Gadgets, and a Good Fight: Claims and Counterclaims of 3D Trade Mark Infringement and Invalidity in Abbott v Sinocare’s CGM battle
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World IP Day 2025: might it be possible to construct a quantitative framework for specifying and comparing sound marks?
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“com- away with me”: Use of ‘com-’ domains in the construction of deceptive ‘URL-like’ hostnames
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free/hot/spot?: an exploration of three new gTLD launches
Rum row rumbles in Barbados and Jamaica
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Thatchers v Aldi: A Deep Dive
Poking the Bear: Brand impersonation scams targeting Intellectual Property Offices
Alas Smiths: an exploration of WHSmith's domains following their store closures
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The Man with The Golden Gun: Explorations of James Bond IP
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‘Racist’ trade mark refused in Switzerland
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Changes to registered design renewals fees in the European Union
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Shorts International falls short in its trade mark infringement and passing off claim against Google
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Taking action: EU Commission proceedings against online platforms under the Digital Services Act
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On a case-by-case basis: international trade mark case law
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Fashion United Article - Clutch, dress, contract: A beginner’s guide to contracts
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January scams surrounding the fall and rise of TikTok and Trump
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Notorious: a B.I.G. set of markets for counterfeiting and piracy to keep an eye on
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“You spelled it wrong”: exploring typo domains
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A refreshing change – Thatcher’s succeed in appeal against Aldi lookalike lemon cider
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New Year, new international IP developments
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It’s a dark whois world
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Christmas and New Year brand protection trends – New-year domain names
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Christmas and New Year brand protection trends – Delivery service scams
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Thatcher's Cloudy Claim: Court of Appeal weighs in on the Cloudy Cider showdown
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The universe of numeric domain names
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A quick Chat(.com) about AI domain names
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Fashion United article- What to know when using your name for your brand
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Chick or trade mark? Beckberg v EUIPO highlights the challenges of registering shape marks
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Clarity from the UK’s highest court in SkyKick: don't let bad faith cloud your trade mark application
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Phishing trends 2024 – and a look at some new data for domain threat quantification
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“It’s beginning to look a lot like…”: Domain patterns in the approach to the holiday shopping season 2024
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The shape of a perfume bottle: merely decorative or an indication of commercial origin?
- Beauty
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Virtual Reality Check: Artessence and Vinicio in a trade mark battle over real-world goods and retail of their virtual counterparts
- Beauty
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Brand protection in the more mysterious
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io, io: Off the web we go?
- Travel
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How not to have your head in, er, a cloud: The importance of evidence and a robust approach to UDRP
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No party: IP associated with the fallen Tupperware brand
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Trade mark strategy from a small island
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Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Acquired distinctiveness for non-traditional trademarks in the Benelux: show your true colours
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Power Struggle: E.ON SE fails to energize appeal against EonX trade mark
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Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Time and place: Key factors to consider when assessing the validity of PDOs
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CITMA Article- A Leap Too Far: from a sports goods to a soundproofing trade mark was too great a gap for Puma
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Marking the difference: a quantitative approach for objectively measuring the similarity of trade marks
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AT Innovations (Scotland) LLP fizzles out in the battle for PINK SODA
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Fashion United Article- Whistle stop tour of IP: What is it and what do you need to know?
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Kluwer Article- “COVIDIOT”; trade mark censure or simply sensible application of public policy considerations?
- Pharma
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High steaks game: Hawksmoor’s IPO and its domains
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An alternative approach to domain-name management: domain leasing
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Beverly Hills Polo Club v Santa Monica Polo Club: a spotlight on the law surrounding company director liability for trade mark infringement
- Sport
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Three(‘s a Crowd) Strikes and You’re Out: infringing domain registrations after a bug in CrowdStrike's antivirus software
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Kneipp v EUIPO (Jean Patou): historical trade marks and their 'surviving' reputation
- Beauty
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"Attention, s'il vous plaît" brand owners with trade marks or interests in Canada
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