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December 14, 2018
The UKIPO puts out the idea of NIVEA for tobacco products
December 7, 2018
Five days of Brexit - 5. What about references to ‘the EU’ in my agreements?
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Brexit
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Commercial Contracts
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IP basics
December 6, 2018
Five days of Brexit - 4. What about ongoing oppositions?
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Brexit
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December 5, 2018
Five days of Brexit - 3. What about non use?
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Brexit
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December 4, 2018
Five days of Brexit - 2. What about pending EU applications?
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Brexit
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IP basics
December 3, 2018
Five days of Brexit - 1. What if the UK government are slow to implement?
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Brexit
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IP basics
November 23, 2018
Black [Market] Friday and Cyber [fraud] Monday: are some deals just too good to be true?
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Advertising
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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
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Brexit
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September 25, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog – UK IPO to Gleissner: UK no place for bad faith
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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
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Finance
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July 31, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog - Brexit: Assurances on preservation of rights
Brexit
July 26, 2018
KIT KAT Woe, Two in a Row
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Disputes
July 16, 2018
Stobbs contributes to EUIPO Quality Assurance Panel
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July 11, 2018
Parallel Imports – Do I have a Legitimate Reason to Object?
Trademarks
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Anti-Counterfeiting
July 2, 2018
UKIPO publishes its response to consultation on implementing the new EUTM Directive
Trademarks
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Brexit
June 29, 2018
Safe Skies Fails to Unpick this Lock
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Travel
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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
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June 20, 2018
Pawsecco: No more PDO puns
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June 13, 2018
A not-so-mythical error in law
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Travel
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June 11, 2018
Hotel Chocolat and Waitrose: the 1* Chocolate Bar
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Designs & Copyright
June 8, 2018
It doesn’t take much to be inspired
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Sport
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June 4, 2018
TiVo’s evidence fails to entertain the UKIPO
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Tech
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Arts & Entertainment
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May 31, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog – No let-up for SULETS as 'use in a locality' defence fails
Trademarks
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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
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Arts & Entertainment
May 18, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog – Entering the post-Brexit domain
Brexit
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Domains
April 23, 2018
What will the GDPR mean for WHOIS?
Online Brand Enforcement
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Domains
April 17, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog – Brexit: Draft Fallout
Trademarks
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Brexit
April 6, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog – Brexit: A Working Draft - Part ii: Designs
Brexit
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Designs & Copyright
March 23, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog – Successful decision for L’Oréal against barefaced infringement by RNV
Designs & Copyright
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Beauty
March 20, 2018
These shoes ain’t made for walking, but is trade mark law going to walk all over Louboutin?
Fashion
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Trademarks
March 16, 2018
Birkenstock’s sole sign declared invalid
Fashion
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Trademarks
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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
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Trademarks
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Disputes
March 12, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog – Brexit: A Working Draft
Trademarks
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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
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Arts & Entertainment
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Disputes
March 5, 2018
Wedding dress found appealing
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Designs & Copyright
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Celebrity
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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
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Disputes
February 20, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog - (SKY)KICKing important questions of clarity and bad faith from the UK to the CJEU
Trademarks
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Telecoms
February 19, 2018
UKIPO update - Government begins consultation on implementing the new EUTM Directive
Trademarks
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Brexit
February 16, 2018
Coty gets luxury treatment in a preliminary ruling from the CJEU
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Disputes
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Beauty
February 12, 2018
Stobbs in the CITMA Review - Face-off: Swatch took just 'one more step' too far
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February 6, 2018
iPad, Mi Pad, Your Pad?
Trademarks
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Tech
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Disputes
February 2, 2018
Does that taste like Champagne to you?
Food & Drink
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Disputes
January 31, 2018
Making .UK OK: Agencies Refer Record Numbers of UK Domains
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Automotive
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Travel
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Domains
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Anti-Counterfeiting
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Finance
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Arts & Entertainment
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Beauty
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Toys
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Pharma
January 29, 2018
Red Bull left feeling blue (and silver)
Food & Drink
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Trademarks
January 25, 2018
Kluwer Trademark Blog - Brexit: High Law Society
Trademarks
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Brexit
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Patents
January 23, 2018
Hitting the right notes – Florence Foster Jenkins provides helpful guidance on joint ownership of copyright
Designs & Copyright
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Celebrity
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Arts & Entertainment
January 9, 2018
The Power and Penumbra of Unfair Advantage
Food & Drink
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Trademarks
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Disputes
January 4, 2018
British Airways' wings clipped by Michael Gleissner
Trademarks
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Travel
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January 2, 2018
Stobbs in the CITMA Review - Most UKIPO appearances 2013-2017
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