New Clarivate Report reveals dynamic global trademark landscape, with Metaverse and NFT trends increasingly driving trademark filing activity
Technological advances in the virtual world continue to impact how Intellectual Property is created, managed and protected London, U.K., May 3, 2022 – Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of...
The value of peer support
We all know the phrases ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ or ‘it’s good to talk’ but the benefits in talking about how you are feeling go far beyond this. When we are in a difficult situation we lose our problem-solving abilities, it can be impossible to focus...
International Trademark Association Releases Report on the Taxation of Trademarks and Complementary Rights in Europe
The International Trademark Association (INTA) today released its Report on the Taxation of Trademarks and Complementary Rights in Europe. Focused on the tax implications within the trademark lifecycle in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, the...
Mental Health Awareness Week – Loneliness
Humans are hard-wired to connect - we are tribal and social animals. We are biologically programmed to need other humans, and a feeling of belonging and connection drives our happiness. Despite this many of us will know what it’s like to be lonely, especially after...
Eversheds Sutherland bolsters global IP practice with arrival of lateral Partner hire, David Wilkinson
Eversheds Sutherland has bolstered its global IP capability with the arrival of Ashurst’s UK Head of IP, Partner David Wilkinson. David has more than twenty years’ experience advising clients on a variety of IP and technology-related disputes and transactions...
HGF announces 8 new Partners
HGF is delighted to announce that from 1st May 2022, the following 8 people have been promoted to Partner. Jerry Bretherton Michelle Davies Rebecca Field Adam Hines Nathan Hinks Matthew Johnson Simon Turberville Dan Woollaston Martyn Fish, CEO commented “It is my...
Crowell & Moring gains experienced brand protection litigator Jason Stiehl in Chicago
Jason P. Stiehl is joining Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Technology & Brand Protection groups. Stiehl brings more than two decades of experience representing companies in commercial litigation matters, trials, and...
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Eversheds Sutherland bolsters global IP practice with arrival of lateral Partner hire, David Wilkinson
Eversheds Sutherland has bolstered its global IP capability with the arrival of Ashurst’s UK Head of IP, Partner David Wilkinson. David has more than twenty years’ experience advising clients on a variety of IP and technology-related disputes and transactions...
New Clarivate Report reveals dynamic global trademark landscape, with Metaverse and NFT trends increasingly driving trademark filing activity
Technological advances in the virtual world continue to impact how Intellectual Property is created, managed and protected London, U.K., May 3, 2022 – Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of...
HGF announces 8 new Partners
HGF is delighted to announce that from 1st May 2022, the following 8 people have been promoted to Partner. Jerry Bretherton Michelle Davies Rebecca Field Adam Hines Nathan Hinks Matthew Johnson Simon Turberville Dan Woollaston Martyn Fish, CEO commented “It is my...
Crowell & Moring gains experienced brand protection litigator Jason Stiehl in Chicago
Jason P. Stiehl is joining Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Technology & Brand Protection groups. Stiehl brings more than two decades of experience representing companies in commercial litigation matters, trials, and...
International Trademark Association Releases Report on the Taxation of Trademarks and Complementary Rights in Europe
The International Trademark Association (INTA) today released its Report on the Taxation of Trademarks and Complementary Rights in Europe. Focused on the tax implications within the trademark lifecycle in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, the...
The value of peer support
We all know the phrases ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ or ‘it’s good to talk’ but the benefits in talking about how you are feeling go far beyond this. When we are in a difficult situation we lose our problem-solving abilities, it can be impossible to focus...
Mental Health Awareness Week – Loneliness
Humans are hard-wired to connect - we are tribal and social animals. We are biologically programmed to need other humans, and a feeling of belonging and connection drives our happiness. Despite this many of us will know what it’s like to be lonely, especially after...
The Magic of the ‘MOMENT’
In a clash between Magic Moment and Evening Moment, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has passed an injunction order against Sarao Distillery (OPC) Pvt. Ltd & and Greentech Blenders and Distillers (“Sarao Distillery & Anr.”) forcing them to stop selling its own...
Forresters doubles Munich office space to support growth
IP firm Forresters has moved to larger offices in Munich to support its plans for growth. Forresters has taken a larger 335 sq m [3,600 sq ft] space at the Skygarden, doubling its existing presence in the same building on Erika-Mann-Str. The new office can accommodate...
INTA Files Amicus Brief on application of Rogers analysis to commercial goods
The International Trademark Association (INTA) has filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in VIP Products, LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., No. 21-16969, marking the Association’s third amicus brief in this long-running...
Most GB 16–25-year-olds unsure of their Intellectual Property (IP) rights over their creations
New research by forward-looking IP firm Mewburn Ellis in conjunction with YouGov, indicates that a majority of 16-25-year-olds in Britain lack confidence in their knowledge of their intellectual property (IP) rights. The research, based on a survey of 212 British...
Three new promotions for Fox Williams
City law firm Fox Williams has announced three promotions. which take effect from 1 May 2022. Evie Meleagros and Sarah Redmond are promoted to partner, and Rebecca Richardson is promoted to legal director. The promotions follow continued growth at the 39-partner and...
World IP Day, 2022
This year, World IP Day focuses on “IP and Youth: Innovation for a Better Future”. In a post-COVID-19 era driven by the growth and encompassment of technology, many aspects of innovation are changing. To mark the occasion, we asked our editorial board to reflect on...
Hogan Lovells adds IP litigator, former software engineer in Washington, D.C.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of intellectual property litigator Damon Lewis as a partner in the Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice group in Washington, D.C. Lewis brings a strong...
Tokyo District Court’s decision on Louboutin’s red soles shoes
The main essence of a trademark is its ability to distinguish the goods and services of one person from the other. A trademark could be made up of a word, a logo, a combination of these two, a slogan, a color…anything that could be able to clearly distinguish the...
IP Professionals’ Brand New Initiative to Benefit Ukraine
When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Taras Kulbaba—a Ukrainian-born IP attorney living in Brussels—could not sit idly by. He gathered resources from his friends and colleagues, purchased first-aid and medical supplies, and personally drove the kits over a...
New CITMA President elected
Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy has been elected as The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorney’s (CITMA) President. Rachel, who is a partner at Baker McKenzie, begins her two-year term in the role immediately. She was voted in unanimously by CITMA’s Council and succeeds...
Red Bull’s wings clipped by Indian Court in trademark row
Red Bull suffered defeat in a recent trademark case before the Delhi High Court when they attempted to seek an injunction against PepsiCo India and its energy drink “STING” for alleged infringement and passing off. Red Bull’s application was based on the purported...
UK fashion trademarks owned by online fast fashion houses jump 163% in last five years
E-retailers boosting their portfolios with household names including Topshop Leading fast fashion brands evolving into fully-fledged fashion houses The number of trademarks owned by online fast fashion retailers such as Asos, Boohoo and Shein has increased by 163%...
Stroock continues IP growth, hires Alesha Dominique to lead Trademark Group
Stroock has welcomed Alesha Dominique in Los Angeles as head of the Trademark group and partner in the Intellectual Property practice. Alesha’s appointment further expands Stroock’s IP capabilities and represents the firm’s fourth lateral partner hire this year. Last...
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