Apr 10, 2025

free/hot/spot?: an exploration of three new gTLD launches

Apr 10, 2025

Rum row rumbles in Barbados and Jamaica

Apr 3, 2025

Thatchers v Aldi: A Deep Dive

Apr 1, 2025

Poking the Bear: Brand impersonation scams targeting Intellectual Property Offices

Mar 31, 2025

Runway to ripoffs: How copyright protects your creations

Mar 25, 2025

Alas Smiths: an exploration of WHSmith's domains following their store closures

Mar 11, 2025

The Man with The Golden Gun: Explorations of James Bond IP

Mar 6, 2025

‘Racist’ trade mark refused in Switzerland

Feb 21, 2025

Changes to registered design renewals fees in the European Union

Feb 20, 2025

Shorts International falls short in its trade mark infringement and passing off claim against Google

Feb 13, 2025

Taking action: EU Commission proceedings against online platforms under the Digital Services Act

Feb 6, 2025

On a case-by-case basis: international trade mark case law

Feb 4, 2025

Clutch, dress, contract: A beginner’s guide to contracts

Jan 30, 2025

January scams surrounding the fall and rise of TikTok and Trump

Jan 28, 2025

Notorious: a B.I.G. set of markets for counterfeiting and piracy to keep an eye on

Jan 23, 2025

“You spelled it wrong”: exploring typo domains

Jan 20, 2025

A refreshing change – Thatcher’s succeed in appeal against Aldi lookalike lemon cider

Jan 16, 2025

New Year, new international IP developments

Jan 14, 2025

It’s a dark whois world

Jan 9, 2025

Christmas and New Year brand protection trends – New-year domain names

Jan 3, 2025

Christmas and New Year brand protection trends – Delivery service scams

Jan 2, 2025

Thatcher's Cloudy Claim: Court of Appeal weighs in on the Cloudy Cider showdown

Dec 12, 2024

The universe of numeric domain names

Dec 10, 2024

A quick Chat(.com) about AI domain names

Nov 29, 2024

What to know when using your name for your brand

Nov 19, 2024

Chick or trade mark? Beckberg v EUIPO highlights the challenges of registering shape marks

Nov 13, 2024

Clarity from the UK’s highest court in SkyKick: don't let bad faith cloud your trade mark application

Nov 11, 2024

Phishing trends 2024 – and a look at some new data for domain threat quantification

Nov 7, 2024

“It’s beginning to look a lot like…”: Domain patterns in the approach to the holiday shopping season 2024

Oct 31, 2024

The shape of a perfume bottle: merely decorative or an indication of commercial origin?

Oct 29, 2024

Virtual Reality Check: Artessence and Vinicio in a trade mark battle over real-world goods and retail of their virtual counterparts

Oct 17, 2024

Brand protection in the more mysterious

Oct 17, 2024

io, io: Off the web we go?

Oct 10, 2024

How not to have your head in, er, a cloud: The importance of evidence and a robust approach to UDRP

Oct 9, 2024

Now fashion week is over, what is next for your designs?

Oct 8, 2024

No party: IP associated with the fallen Tupperware brand

Oct 3, 2024

Trade mark strategy from a small island

Sep 24, 2024

Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Acquired distinctiveness for non-traditional trademarks in the Benelux: show your true colours

Sep 19, 2024

Power Struggle: E.ON SE fails to energize appeal against EonX trade mark

Aug 28, 2024

Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Time and place: Key factors to consider when assessing the validity of PDOs

Aug 13, 2024

CITMA Article- A Leap Too Far: from a sports goods to a soundproofing trade mark was too great a gap for Puma

Aug 9, 2024

Marking the difference: a quantitative approach for objectively measuring the similarity of trade marks

Aug 7, 2024

AT Innovations (Scotland) LLP fizzles out in the battle for PINK SODA

Jul 31, 2024

Kluwer Article- “COVIDIOT”; trade mark censure or simply sensible application of public policy considerations?

Jul 30, 2024

High steaks game: Hawksmoor’s IPO and its domains

Jul 29, 2024

Whistle stop tour of IP: What is it and what do you need to know?

Jul 26, 2024

An alternative approach to domain-name management: domain leasing

Jul 25, 2024

Beverly Hills Polo Club v Santa Monica Polo Club: a spotlight on the law surrounding company director liability for trade mark infringement

Jul 23, 2024

Three(‘s a Crowd) Strikes and You’re Out: infringing domain registrations after a bug in CrowdStrike's antivirus software

Jul 22, 2024

Kneipp v EUIPO (Jean Patou): historical trade marks and their 'surviving' reputation

Jul 17, 2024

"Attention, s'il vous plaît" brand owners with trade marks or interests in Canada

Jul 3, 2024

Fail to prepare, and prepare to fail: Olympics domain infringements

Jul 2, 2024

The Mynx Effect: Fussy ad sanctioned

Jun 28, 2024

CITMA Article- How are landmarks protected by intellectual property rights?

Jun 27, 2024

Re-registered domains, spam, and SEO

Jun 25, 2024

Why brand owners should be conscious of sound (trade marks)

Jun 24, 2024

Global Legal Post article- The challenges of protecting quiet luxury brands

Jun 21, 2024

Some more new domains in the .locker

Jun 20, 2024

Social Tip: the BrewDog founder’s new social media influencer platform

Jun 19, 2024

Don't be a Covidiot; a recent case illustrates the relationship between pandemic related language and trade mark registerability

Jun 14, 2024

The Trademark Lawyer blog- Burberry triumphs over Baneburry in trademark infringement case

Jun 13, 2024

Circle ID Blog- Exploring the domain of subdomain discovery

Jun 12, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Paranoid Android: Samsung infringes Swatch's trade marks

Jun 4, 2024

A bit of a nasty (anti)virus: the landscape of fake antivirus websites

May 29, 2024

A new TLD to .ad to the collection

May 24, 2024

A whistle-stop tour of Letters of Consent in trade mark proceedings

May 22, 2024

Artists and their future copyrights in the new era of AI: OpenAI suspends its new ChatGPT voice “Sky” that sounds similar to Scarlett Johansson’s voice

May 20, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Liar liar… pants on fire! High Court of Ireland finds in favour of Diesel and overturns a trade mark opposition on appeal

May 16, 2024

Redirecting into the world of the bitsquat

May 14, 2024

IP and digital due diligence: constructing a domain policy that Matches brand owner requirements

May 8, 2024

Qatar joins international trade mark system

May 1, 2024

Key facts about the GlobalBlock scheme: a consideration for domain management and online brand protection clients

Apr 30, 2024

CITMA article- BeReal-istic: UKIPO decision in trade mark opposition is a warning to brands

Apr 29, 2024

Targeting the banks: a case study of the UK financial brand abuse domain landscape

Apr 26, 2024

Greenwashing 101: Navigating current regulation and future legislation