Jul 7, 2026
Published Intellectual property (IP) filings at the EUIPO reached record levels in the first half of 2026, with total EU trademark and EU design applications reaching 166,214, up 4.7% on the same period last year. The increase was driven by strong demand for EU...
Jun 24, 2026
Published Jellycat, the British luxury plush toy brand renowned for its ultra-soft and whimsical designs, has sued Next, Hamleys, and Bessie London in the High Court. At the time of writing, not all of Jellycat’s claims are yet public, but are likely to involve at...
Jun 23, 2026
Published Karl Florida, SVP Revenue Recovery at Corsearch, examines why Schedule A litigation has become an essential enforcement mechanism for protecting brands and consumers from online counterfeiting. Global retail e-commerce sales exceeded USD 4.3 trillion in the...
Jun 23, 2026
Published Multigoods Production Ltd. (China) filed a trademark application No. 2024734431 for the goods in Class 21 (see below). In January 2025, the patent office granted registration for part of the goods in Class 21. However, the patent office refused registration...
Jun 23, 2026
Published Imagine teaching a machine to paint like Raja Ravi Verma, write like Arundhati Roy, or compose music in a style reminiscent of A.R. Rahman. To achieve that, the machine must absorb thousands of hours of music, millions of pages of text, and vast collections...
Jun 9, 2026
Published New resource to strengthen IP capability and support commercialization across the UK research sector The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has today launched the Knowledge Asset Management Hub. This new resource is designed to help universities and...
