Aug 18, 2022
Retail giant, Zara, tried to get Darlington-based fashion boutique, House of Zana, which specializes in handmade kimonos, to change its name. Mrs Kotrri, whose husband is Albanian, set up her company in 2019 and named it after the Albanian word for...
Aug 11, 2022
Quidditch first appeared as a fictious sport in the JK Rowling novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, where it is played by wizards and witches riding magical flying broomsticks. It famously continued to feature in later Harry Potter books, as well as the...
Aug 11, 2022
Trademark use in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and for virtual goods in the metaverse is increasing rapidly. Examples of growing trademark use in NFTs and the metaverse include the cases of Nike v StockX and the Hermès v MetaBirkins. By not extending their existing...
Aug 4, 2022
Protection of IP in Russia is often being discussed in the media nowadays and judging by the publications that one may see Russia tends to dismiss any rights vested in IP which is outright wrong. In the meantime, IP life goes on as usual and infringement is active as...
Aug 4, 2022
Just over six years ago, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union. With most of the provisions affecting the protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property settled, now is a good time to reflect on the impact on brand owners and the future...
Jul 28, 2022
In a digitally connected world, a byte of data can boost or bite your brand -Bernard Kelvin Clive Introduction: Objectives and Rights under the Trademark Regime “What’s in a name?” the famous Shakespeare quote is, perhaps, the most widely cited piece of literature...
