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Kick-ed out - UKIPO applies Supreme Court SkyKick decision in ENERJO opposition
United Kingdom - June 17 2025 In the case of ENERJO (O/0439/24), the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) upheld an opposition against an application filed by Cashflow - the…
McDonald's BIG MAC trade mark - General Court gives decision on evidence of genuine use
European Union, United Kingdom - July 30 2024 In a decision that, practically, provides for only a tiny loss of protection for the behemoth brand and trade mark, on 5 June 2024 the European…
Supreme Court dismisses Amazon's appeal in landmark decision on consumer targeting
European Union, United Kingdom - April 29 2024 In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has dismissed Amazon's appeal against a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision, which found that the sale of…
Ginfringement: Success for M&S in the Court of Appeal in registered design spat with Aldi
United Kingdom - March 15 2024 M&S and Aldi's gin bottle battle over design rights has reached a conclusion (for now) as the Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld the IPEC's…
Clear as gin: M&S and Aldi take liquor bottle battle to the Court of Appeal
United Kingdom - January 26 2024 Intellectual property enthusiasts' favourite supermarket adversaries were back at loggerheads this week as M&S and Aldi appear before the Court of…
Online platforms should Swatch out: Samsung found liable for infringing third-party content available on the Samsung Galaxy App store
European Union, United Kingdom - January 22 2024 The Court of Appeal in Montres Breguet SA v Samsung Electronics [2023] EWCA Civ 1478 has dismissed Samsung's appeal and upheld a first instance…
The Sky's the limit for trade mark applications. Or is it?
European Union, United Kingdom - July 12 2023 On 28 and 29 June 2023, in the first case of its kind since the UK's departure from the EU, the Supreme Court was asked to consider what it means to…
Generative AI and intellectual property rights—the UK government's position
United Kingdom - May 3 2023 The IPO is to produce a Code of Practice by the summer that will provide guidance to support AI firms in accessing copyright protected works as an…
M&S v Aldi - lookalike claims lit up by design rights
United Kingdom - March 24 2023 As lookalike products rise in prominence, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court's (IPEC) recent ruling that the sale and advertisement of Aldi's…
Lookalikes and passing off—bottle design get-up claim (Au Vodka)
United Kingdom - November 7 2022 The Au Vodka claim (Au Vodka v NE10 Vodka [2022] EWHC 2371), which focuses on bottle design 'get-up', arrived in the courts for an interim injunction…
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