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McDonald’s able to prove use of its BIG MAC EUTM
Posted: 20/03/2023
McDonald’s has successfully overturned the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) decision that it failed to prove use of its EUTM ‘BIG MAC’ for the goods and services for which it is registered (a range of goods and services in classes 29, 30 and 42), by successfully applying to the Board of Appeal for permission......>>
EasyGroup succeeds in unfair advantage claim in trade mark dispute (Easygroup Ltd v Easy Live Services Ltd)
Posted: 03/02/2023
Easygroup Ltd (‘easyGroup’) has succeeded in establishing that certain use made by Easy Live (Services) Ltd and its directors (together ‘Easy Live’) of ‘easyLiveAuction.com’ signs took unfair advantage of easyGroup trade marks under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994). However, this came at a cost......>>
The Moderna v Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine dispute: a brief explanation
Posted: 30/11/2022
Moderna’s patent infringement claim against Pfizer and BioNTech about its COVID-19 vaccine technology has been widely reported. After filing lawsuits in August 2022 in the US and Germany, Moderna has now launched related proceedings in the UK Patents Court. In response, Pfizer and BioNTech have issued separate UK claims......>>
The UK's AI action plan
Posted: 23/09/2022
The UK government published its policy paper on the future regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) on 18 July 2022 (the AI Paper), taking a less centralised approach than the EU. This follows the National AI Strategy which was published in September 2021. Ahead of the White Paper which is due to be published in 2022......>>
Unitary Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCS) may become a reality
Posted: 27/04/2022
The European Commission has recently closed a call for evidence on proposals to introduce a single procedure for granting supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) across the European Union (EU), in order to prepare an impact assessment and any necessary legislation......>>
Transatlantic litigation: service of US proceedings in the UK under the Hague Convention
Posted: 08/03/2022
In today’s global economic landscape, more and more US corporations are conducting business in foreign jurisdictions, and entering into contractual relationships with individuals and entities based abroad......>>
‘Best reasonable efforts’: EU and AstraZeneca in dispute over interpretation
Posted: 20/04/2021
Despite AstraZeneca’s amazing success story in developing and manufacturing a vaccine to fight Covid-19, the company has been in the news more recently for a different reason: the disagreement with the EU as to whether AstraZeneca is in breach of its contractual obligations. The EU believes that AstraZeneca has...…>>
Banksy's trade marks at risk as artist loses legal battle over registration of Flower Thrower mural
Posted: 22/09/2020
Banksy's trade mark portfolio could potentially be at risk as the Cancellation Division of the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) holds that Banksy's trade mark for ‘Flower Thrower’ was filed in bad faith and is therefore invalid. In 2014, Banksy (via an entity called Pest Control Office Limited)……>>
The (New) Balance in sponsorship matching clauses
Posted: 17/01/2020
Last week Liverpool Football Club announced its multi-year partnership with Nike as official kit supplier from 2020-21. Since 2015, New Balance had held the title of kit supplier but the relationship had broken down culminating in a dispute in the English courts......>>
Coffee rocks – but just not for everyone
Posted: 22/03/2018
Proving that persistence is key if at first you don’t succeed, Starbucks Corp has finally obtained a decision in its favour following a longstanding battle to prevent the registration of another trade mark in respect of the device shown below for 'Coffee Rocks'......>>

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