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Clear skies ahead: success for Sky in long-running battle with Skykick
Posted: 10/11/2021
The Court of Appeal has sided with Sky in its most recent clash with Skykick, a global provider of cloud management software for IT solution providers, by overturning the High Court’s decision to restrict some of Sky’s trademarks on the grounds of bad faith......>>
Unregistered design right protection in the UK and EU post-Brexit
Posted: 25/05/2021
Unregistered design right protection in the UK is changing following the end of the Brexit transition period. For all designs first made available before 31 December 2020, continuing unregistered Community design rights will apply until the end of the term of protection (three years from the date at which a design is first made available to the public)……>>
Chanel loses appeal against Huawei’s EUTM application
Posted: 04/05/2021
French luxury fashion house Chanel has lost its appeal to the EU General Court in relation to its opposition to Chinese global technology company Huawei’s EU trade mark application. In 2017, Chanel opposed Huawei’s application to register the logo below, consisting of two intertwining U-shaped curves...…>>
Jaguar C-Type sports car attracts copyright protection as a work of applied art and puts the brakes on replica car manufacturer
Posted: 23/03/2021
The Swedish Patent and Market Court recently held that the Jaguar C-Type sports car (which was designed in the UK in 1951) attracts copyright protection in Sweden as a work of applied art and that such copyright (belonging to Jaguar Land Rover Ltd) had been infringed by replica cars produced by the Swedish company Creare Form AB...…>>
Brexit update: EU trade marks and designs – 20 days to go…
Posted: 16/12/2020
With less than 20 days to go until the end of the Brexit transition period (31 December 2020), and a UK/EU trade deal still proving elusive, it remains imperative that EUTM and RCD owners are fully prepared for the transition process and have taken all appropriate measures to ensure the continued protection and management of their...…>>
3D trade marks: it’s all in the gömböc
Posted: 13/08/2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its decision in the 'gömböc' case, clarifying two separate grounds for refusal for a trade mark application based purely on the shape of a product. The 'gömböc' is the first known homogenous object with one stable and one unstable equilibrium point....…>>
General Court refuses registration of ‘XOXO’ mark in relation to fashion goods
Posted: 13/08/2020
The General Court of the European Union (GC) has handed down a decision refusing registration of the word mark ‘XOXO’ on the basis that it would be perceived as merely a promotional message conveying feelings of love and affection rather than an identifier of trade origin...…>>
Economic link puts an end to lengthy dispute: Gugler France’s decade-long trade mark campaign
Posted: 31/07/2020
On 7 February 2002, Gugler France was registered in the commercial and companies register of Besançon, France. The company, acting as a distributor in France, managed the sale and installation of doors and windows produced and assembled by a German entity, Gugler GmbH...…>>
Covid-19: IPO services update
Posted: 25/06/2020
In recognition of the severe and widespread disruption faced by many businesses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, IP offices across the world (including the UKIPO, EUIPO and WIPO) have issued guidance on their continued operations during this period and provided greater flexibility for filing deadlines......>>
Skykick liable for infringement of Sky’s trade mark registrations even after they are held to be partially invalid
Posted: 06/05/2020
The High Court of England and Wales has now issued its judgment in the case of Sky v SkyKick following the guidance handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)......>>
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