Feb 8, 2024
Published The January 1, 2024 expiration of the ‘Steamboat Willie’ copyright registration has received a significant amount of attention both in the media and in the legal community. Unfortunately, this attention has often been imprecise and exaggerated,...
Feb 8, 2024
Published January provided us with crucial guidelines regarding the referential use of trademarks. Following the Inditex case (C-361/22) the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its long-awaited judgment in the Audi case (C-334/22) responding to the...
Feb 6, 2024
Published LONDON, 6 February 2024 – The European intellectual property law firm Reddie & Grose announces the upcoming retirement of two of its longest-serving partners today. Patrick Lloyd and Simon Goodman, who first joined the firm as trainees in 1987 and 1988...
Feb 1, 2024
Published New York, New York—January 31, 2024—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has released the IP Judiciary of the Future Think Tank Video Series. The series features a select panel of judges from jurisdictions around the world. Their wide-ranging...
Feb 1, 2024
Published Can a fast-food business register the trademark HFC for their fried chicken product without infringing on the famous KFC mark? In a win for Grill’d, the Australian Trade Marks Office has said yes, they can. Grill’d is an Australian burger chain that markets...