Dec 1, 2025

Lululemon vs. Costco dupe lawsuit: Understanding the legal battle

Jun 11, 2025

How to avoid a sad beige ending: Lessons drawn from the 'Sad Beige Influencer' case

May 29, 2025

A Bitter Brew: Schweppes and MAY OOO clash over 'MAY TEA' trade mark

Jan 2, 2025

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

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

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 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 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 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 22, 2024

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

Jul 2, 2024

The Mynx Effect: Fussy ad sanctioned

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 12, 2024

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

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

Apr 30, 2024

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

Apr 25, 2024

How to stop your automotive trade mark crashing and burning

Apr 23, 2024

Louis Vuitton takes an L in trade marks battle

Apr 19, 2024

A score for TEAM USA in the EU

Apr 18, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Lidl v Tesco: evergreening and non-use revocation

Apr 8, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Lidl v Tesco: the Court of Appeal reverses copyright infringement decision

Apr 2, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- The UK Court of Appeal allows a Lidl trade mark to go a long way

Mar 28, 2024

The Global Legal Post article- Quality and authenticity at issue in high-profile Chanel and WGACA case

Mar 26, 2024

No easyWay out: finding of no infringement in Nuclei’s EASY OFFICES leads to revocation of easyGroup’s trade marks

Mar 25, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- The finale of the Classic Coach Company case in Dutch Supreme Court

Mar 22, 2024

A Lidl trade mark goes a long way...

Mar 21, 2024

Samsung v Swatch: the UK Court of Appeal departs from the EU approach to the E-Commerce Directive ‘safe harbour defence’

Mar 12, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- UK trade mark law post-Brexit: the UK Court of Appeal diverges from the CJEU in statutory acquiescence

Mar 8, 2024

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- UK trade mark law post-Brexit: the Advancetrack case examines REULA and the TMA 1994

Feb 22, 2024

Use it or lose it: TESTAROSSA no longer a valid EU trade mark for Ferrari for ‘automobiles’

Feb 19, 2024

Delta Sky Club flying high after defeating revocation claim

Feb 16, 2024

No tickbox affair: TikTok unsuccessfully opposes a trade mark application

Feb 14, 2024

Basmati: CJEU case offers more than a grain of truth about dates for relevant grounds disputes at the EUIPO

Feb 13, 2024

Superheroes at the UKIPO/EUIPO in 2023 – BATMAN, SUPERMAN and BLACK ADAM

Feb 9, 2024

BATMAN RETURNS: to secure inherent distinctive character in the Batman Logo

Jan 30, 2024

The power of trade marks in the fashion industry

Jan 29, 2024

Walkers’ poppadom conundrum: when tax and IP laws meet

Jan 25, 2024

A point (pint?) for Aldi but the lookalikes battle goes on

Jan 24, 2024

Adidas vs. Puma: the sibling rivalry and trade mark disputes

Jan 22, 2024

Once more unto the breach – bicycle brand trade mark registration is held to have been filed in bad faith as it breached a coexistence agreement

Jan 15, 2024

What’s in a (nick)name? A concept: FRIDA KAHLO v FRIDU

Dec 18, 2023

Vans and Walmart take a big step and reach settlement over lookalike shoes

Nov 21, 2023

Watch this space - revocation actions and an appeal in the Samsung v Swatch Watch Face App trade mark fight means time is not yet up

Nov 2, 2023

Kluwer article- Jaguar Land Rover prowls to victory in their opposition to the registration of an EUTM

Oct 24, 2023

Royal Berkshire Polo Club reigns over Beverley Hills Polo Club in trade mark dispute

Oct 19, 2023

Asics – score draw in swirl logo disputes

Oct 18, 2023

Scents and sensibility: a fragrant trade marks face-off in Prada vs Rada

Oct 4, 2023

RAGING BULLS– another score draw in bull logo disputes

Sep 18, 2023

and exhale... Glaxo successfully annuls a Board of Appeal decision in relation to its 3D/ colour trade mark for an inhaler

Sep 14, 2023

®YDER CUP warm up – Ryder Cup brand owners hit opponents into the rough in trade mark dispute over founder’s name

Sep 5, 2023

What’s in a name? Why the lookalike argument needs to change

Sep 5, 2023

The Grocer article- Stobbs sets out to ‘revise thinking’ on copycats

Sep 5, 2023

Attack of the Clones: How discounters are getting away with copycatting

Sep 5, 2023

An ‘own goal’ or the right decision? Experts react to Lidl’s victory over Tesco

Sep 5, 2023

A shapely debate – Iconix v Dream Pairs

Aug 25, 2023

For All The Marbles- a lack of evidence leads to Kai Collective's unsuccessful design registration invalidation action

Aug 17, 2023

New Lionesses ® and old World Cup Willie offer us some lessons about trade mark protection

Aug 16, 2023

When is a Golf trolley not a golf trolley? When it’s a (VW) Golf trolley, says the UKIPO

Aug 14, 2023

The emperor's new design: a recent UK unregistered design right infringement case by KF Global Brands sets out the requirements for a successful claim

Aug 9, 2023

Lidl’s loss of faith: Lidl v Tesco puts another nail in the coffin of evergreening

Aug 4, 2023

CITMA article- Time for discussion: a missed deadline may not have been the decider in Apple's unsuccessful opposition to a trade mark application by Apella Games

Jul 4, 2023

Board of Appeal sides with HAVANNA over the SOHO Group in a trade mark dispute after havin' another look at the evidence of use

Jun 28, 2023

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark blog- a Lidl extension to Passing Off

Jun 2, 2023

General Court does not toy with the definition of 'toys' in SIMBA/BIMBA trade mark dispute

May 23, 2023

Wolters Kluwer Trade Mark Blog- Good for the Goose: Own goal for Lidl in future lookalike cases

Mar 22, 2023

DUUUVAL cry of appeal goes unheeded by the General Court

Mar 17, 2023

Checkmate: General Court rejects Louis Vuitton’s claim of acquired distinctiveness in its chequerboard pattern