Jun 14, 2023
80% of Europeans agree that counterfeits support criminal organizations and ruin businesses and jobs. Two out of three also consider fakes a threat to health, safety, and the environment. However, a third of Europeans find it acceptable to buy fakes when the price of...
Jun 14, 2023
New York, New York—June 13, 2023—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has filed a statement in intervention before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v. Nowhere Co. Ltd (CJEU Case C-337/22...
Jun 8, 2023
Following Marks & Spencer’s well-publicised cake dispute with Aldi over Colin the Caterpillar v Cuthbert the Caterpillar, another of M&S’ sweet treats, Percy Pig, recently made the news after M&S sent a letter to Fabio’s Gelato (a gelateria in Hitchin and...
Jun 8, 2023
Did an entity using a trademark under a non-exclusive license granted by the rights holder have the right to register the trademark and subsequently request others to cease using it? The General Court of the European Union issued a judgment in the dispute over the...
Jun 8, 2023
93% of Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys who responded to a survey have called for the Intellectual Property Office to tackle the issue of unregulated and unqualified representatives. 85% of respondents said that the issues posed by those representatives are...
Jun 1, 2023
Coleen Rooney is the wife of ex-England striker Wayne Rooney, now the manager of D.C. United in the US. Rebekah Vardy is the wife of another ex-England striker, Jamie Vardy. The British tabloids often run stories about the celebrity partners of successful footballers...
