Cadbury has purple patch as it wins tough battle to get trade mark protection...
Société des Produits Nestlé v Cadbury, High Court Cadbury has fought off an extensive challenge by its rival chocolate supplier, Nestlé, and succeeded in the High Court in upholding its trade mark...
View ArticleNot an ideal place to be as trade mark owner loses infringement claim
IPC Media Ltd v Media 10 Ltd, Intellectual Property Enterprise Court IPC Media Ltd (IPC) has lost an infringement claim regarding its trade mark “IDEAL HOME”. IPC claimed that Media 10 Ltd (Media) was...
View ArticleThere is fight in the old dog yet – ECJ comments on “due cause”
Leidseplein Beheer and de Vries v Red Bull GmbH and Red Bull Nederland BV, European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on the application of the “due cause” concept in...
View ArticleLush smell the sweet smell of success as search engine results are found to...
Cosmetic Warriors v Amazon.co.uk Limited, High Court The High Court has concluded that two out of three claims by Lush against Amazon for trade mark infringement should succeed. Lush successfully...
View ArticleAmazon hit with another “bomb” – an EU-wide ban on infringing Lush trade marks
The High Court has imposed a general EU-wide ban on Amazon, preventing it from infringing trade mark rights belonging to Lush, a well-known cosmetics business. The ruling follows Lush’s successful...
View ArticleApplication goes a boop-e-doop as High Court rejects claim
Hearst Holdings Inc v A.V.E.L.A Inc, High Court The High Court has dismissed a claim for a declaration of invalidity of a Betty Boop trade mark based on bad faith and rejected an application to pause...
View ArticleOHIM issues guidance on registration of colour trade marks
The Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM) – the body in charge of registering European Community Trade Marks – has issued new guidelines regarding trade marks which are registered...
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